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TRUMP Booed & Jeered at Rally in Alabama on COVID Vaccine
TRUMP Booed After Telling Supporters to Get COVID Vaccine
Former president held rally in Cullman, Alabama, a city struggling to cope with cases and hospitalisations
The Guardian UK, 23 AUG 2021.
At his rally in Alabama on Saturday night, Donald Trump heard the unusual sound of booing and jeering aimed his way, after he told supporters: “I recommend taking the vaccines.”
The former president was speaking in Cullman, Alabama, a city struggling to cope with Covid-19 cases and hospitalisations.
Like other states home to resistance to vaccinations and other public health measures often stoked by Republican leaders, Alabama is currently at the mercy of the Delta variant of the coronavirus.
“I believe totally in your freedoms,” Trump said. “I do, you’re free, you got to do what you have to do.
“But I recommend taking the vaccines. I did it, it’s good, take the vaccines.”
Trump was vaccinated while in office, having been hospitalised with Covid-19 last October. He has told supporters they should follow suit.
In Alabama, responding to boos and jeers, he said: “That’s OK. That’s all right. That’s good, you got your freedoms.
“But I happen to take the vaccine. If it doesn’t work, you’ll be the first to know. OK.”
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