Dilapidated President Trump and extinct first girl Melania Trump were both vaccinated at the White Apartment in January, a Trump adviser tells Axios.
Why it matters: Trump declared at CPAC on Sunday that “everybody” could well aloof salvage the coronavirus vaccine — the foremost time he’s encouraged his supporters, who were extra skeptical of getting vaccinated, to enact so.
- Or no longer it is unclear which vaccine they obtained.
- Vaccine hesitancy is bigger among white Republicans than any varied demographic neighborhood, and it hasn’t been bettering as the vaccination effort continues, consistent with Civiqs polling.
What he’s announcing: “We took care of plenty of americans — including, I whisper, on Dec. 21, we took care of Joe Biden, as a consequence of he obtained his shot, he obtained his vaccine,” Trump acknowledged at CPAC on Sunday. “So everybody, hump salvage your shot.”
Flashback: In December, extinct Surgeon Total Jerome Adams defended Trump for ready to salvage vaccinated after the rollout of the Pfizer vaccine, announcing the extinct president had a “medical purpose” for no longer doing so.
- Adams cited an experimental antibody medication Trump had been given after contracting the virus in October.
