Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) slammed Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Chief Medical Advisor to the President, during remarks on Monday over alleged experiments that were conducted on puppies.
Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rep-nancy-mace-sends-letter-fauci-demanding-answers-taxpayer-funded-experiements-puppies">reported</a>:
<blockquote>A report from the White Coat Waste Project that was based off a Freedom of Information Act request with the National Institutes of Allergy &amp; Infectious Disease found that more than $400,000 in taxpayer money was spent on canine experiments during which beagles were infected with parasites via biting flies.</blockquote>
DeSantis made the remarks while also talking about the latest <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/now/nih-admits-funding-gain-function-125103852.html">revelations</a> on gain of function research that was being conducted in the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
&#8220;And then come to find out, what else is Fauci and NIH doing?&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;They&#8217;re doing cruel experiments on puppies. What they were doing with those puppies, is flat-out disgusting. It&#8217;s despicable, that needs to stop. I cannot believe American tax dollars would go to treat those dogs the way those dogs are be[ing] treated. And, you know, I really think Fauci needs to be held accountable.&#8221;
&#8220;These people, these bureaucrats, they don&#8217;t get to just run wild and do whatever the hell they want to with our tax dollars,&#8221; DeSantis continued. &#8220;And so from funding gain of function research, to treating these puppies with really unimaginable cruelty, I think that whole lot of them need to be cleaned out and we need to be standing up for the American taxpayer and doing things ethically and not doing things like gain of function research and certainly not abusing puppies.&#8221;
DeSantis tweeted out the video clip, adding, &#8220;NIH not only funded dangerous gain-of-function research in Wuhan, but it also funded cruel experiments on puppies. Where is the accountability?&#8221;
WATCH:
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NIH not only funded dangerous gain-of-function research in Wuhan, but it also funded cruel experiments on puppies. 
Where is the accountability? <a href="https://t.co/XpvtmFm0Lj">pic.twitter.com/XpvtmFm0Lj</a>
&mdash; Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/1452685200526356481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 25, 2021</a></blockquote>
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TRANSCRIPT:
<blockquote>RON DESANTIS, GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA (R): We know, NIH gave money to fund research, gain of function research, at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. So, what they&#8217;re doing is they&#8217;re taking U.S. tax dollars in China, and they&#8217;re trying to create super viruses that will be more dangerous for humans. And they&#8217;ll say, &#8216;well, we want to figure out how to combat the viruses.&#8217; But you&#8217;re doing this, this is very hazardous. I think it&#8217;s unethical to do it. They should have been banned from doing it, but I think they went around the ban. And so we&#8217;ve got to shut that down. You can&#8217;t have mad scientist running around playing God like this. And then come to find out, what else is Fauci and NIH doing? They&#8217;re doing cruel experiments on puppies. What they were doing with those puppies, is flat out disgusting. It&#8217;s despicable, that needs to stop. I cannot believe American tax dollars would go to treat those dogs the way those dogs are be[ing] treated. And, you know, I really think Fauci needs to be held accountable. These people, these bureaucrats, they don&#8217;t get to just run wild and do whatever the hell they want to with our tax dollars. And so from funding gain of function research, to treating these puppies with really unimaginable cruelty, I think that whole lot of them need to be cleaned out and we need to be standing up for the American taxpayer and doing things ethically and not doing things like gain of function research and certainly not abusing puppies.</blockquote>
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DeSantis

DeSantis Blasts Fauci Over Alleged ‘Cruel Experiments On Puppies’: He ‘Needs To Be Held Accountable’

Anthony Fauci

Ron DeSantis

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper on Sunday that Senate Democrats are considering a proposal to impose a tax on unrealized capital gains of the wealthiest Americans.
Yellen made the remarks in response to a question from Tapper about whether a wealth tax should be part of how Democrats look to pay for Biden&#8217;s $3.5 trillion social spending bill.
&#8220;Well, I think what&#8217;s under consideration is a proposal that Senator Wyden and the Senate Finance Committee have been looking at that would impose a tax on unrealized capital gains, on liquid assets held by extremely wealthy individuals, billionaires,&#8221; Yellen responded. &#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t call that a wealth tax. But it would help get at capital gains, which are an extraordinarily large part of the incomes of the wealthiest individuals, and right now escape taxation, until they&#8217;re realized, and often they&#8217;re unrealized in the death benefit from a so- called step up of basis.&#8221;
&#8220;So, it&#8217;s not a wealth tax, but a tax on unrealized capital gains of exceptionally wealthy individuals,&#8221; she added.
Yellen went on to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/treasury-secretary-janet-yellen-signals-trouble-over-how-long-inflation-will-continue-to-remain-high">say</a> late in the interview that high rates of inflation would continue to remain a problem for the U.S. well into next year, adding, “we are going through a period of inflation that’s higher than Americans have seen in a long time.”
WATCH:
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NEW &#8211; U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen proposes a tax on unrealized capital gains to finance Biden&#39;s &quot;Build Back Better&quot; plans.<a href="https://t.co/pefi3PhoDe">pic.twitter.com/pefi3PhoDe</a>
&mdash; Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) <a href="https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1452422986015944711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2021</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
TRANSCRIPT PROVIDED VIA CNN:
<blockquote>JAKE TAPPER, CNN HOST: You just heard Speaker Pelosi. She floated some new ways to pay for this bill, such as a wealth tax, because it does appear that the plans to raise the corporate tax rate and raising the tax rate for top wage earners are out.
With those off the table, can you still guarantee that this bill is going to be paid for?
JANET YELLEN, U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY: As the speaker noted, we have a variety of different ways to raise revenue.
And, all in all, it should be relatively straightforward to raise the revenue necessary to pay for this bill. The final package exactly, what&#8217;s in and out hasn&#8217;t been decided. That&#8217;s being negotiated now.
TAPPER: Do you think that a wealth tax will be part of it? And can you explain what that would look like?
YELLEN: Well, I think what&#8217;s under consideration is a proposal that Senator Wyden and the Senate Finance Committee have been looking at that would impose a tax on unrealized capital gains, on liquid assets held by extremely wealthy individuals, billionaires.
I wouldn&#8217;t call that a wealth tax. But it would help get at capital gains, which are an extraordinarily large part of the incomes of the wealthiest individuals, and right now escape taxation, until they&#8217;re realized, and often they&#8217;re unrealized in the death benefit from a so- called step up of basis.
So, it&#8217;s not a wealth tax, but a tax on unrealized capital gains of exceptionally wealthy individuals.</blockquote>
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Janet Yellen

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen: Democrats Considering To ‘Impose A Tax On Unrealized Capital Gains’

Taxes

On Monday, Larry Summers, a former top economic adviser to President Barack Obama, pushed back on remarks that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen made on Sunday where she dismissed Summers&#8217; concerns over inflation.
Yellen, appearing on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; with host Jake Tapper, was asked to respond to these recent remarks from Summers:
<blockquote>Now we see inflation becoming more widespread in a wider range of products, spreading to the housing and labor markets. I have been alarmed for a long time, and I&#8217;m more alarmed now. &#8230; We&#8217;re in more danger than we have been during my career of losing control of inflation in the U.S.</blockquote>
When Tapper asked Yellen if she thought that Summers was wrong, Yellen responded, &#8220;I think he&#8217;s wrong, I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;re about to lose control of inflation.&#8221;
&#8220;I agree, of course, we are going through a period of inflation that&#8217;s higher than Americans have seen in a long time,&#8221; she added. &#8220;And it&#8217;s something that&#8217;s obviously a concern and worrying them. But we haven&#8217;t lost control.&#8221;
Summers responded to Yellen in a series of tweets on Monday afternoon, saying, &#8220;She expresses confidence that inflation is decelerating and will be back to target levels by the end of next year. I hope she is right but I think it’s much less than a 50/50 chance.&#8221;
&#8220;I began my career when Paul Volker was taking over at the Fed and not since then have I been more worried. I am curious at what point in the last 40 years Treasury thinks the risk of an inflation spiral are greater than they are now,&#8221; Summers said. &#8220;When the Administration formulated its budget in February, it expected 2 percent inflation in 2021, I was warning about inflation. Their forecast is no longer operative. In May and June, @SecYellen expressed confidence that inflation would be back to the 2 percent range by late 2021 or early 2022. Now, this forecast is no longer operative.&#8221;
&#8220;In @CNN interview, @SecYellen asserts twice that inflation has decelerated. This is a bit misleading as the 3-month and 12-month CPI inflation rates are both around 5 percent on an annual basis,&#8221; Summers continued. &#8220;And the trimmed mean and median inflation rates that exclude aberrant sectors (which used to be a stable of Administration&#8217;s rhetoric) are now accelerating. The TIPS market is suggesting inflation in 3 percent range over 5 years and more next year. Breakeven inflation over 5 years is up 40 bps in the last month. Expectations data are even more disturbing. This is part of why my alarm is increasing and Treasury should be as well.&#8221;
&#8220;Given lags in the indices, housing inflation is almost certain to soar in coming months. With super-tight labor markets, rising strike activity and real wages having declined, increases in wage inflation are likely as well,&#8221; Summers continued. &#8220;I actually believe the gap between Treasury &amp; Fed statements and the everyday experience of businesses and consumers in terms of inflation has widened in recent months. Until the Fed &amp; Treasury fully recognize the inflation reality, they are unlikely to deal with it successfully.&#8221;
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FOX Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo Interviews Former Treasury Secretary & White House Economic Advisor Larry Summers

Top Obama Economic Adviser Torches Biden Admin Over Skyrocketing Inflation: ‘My Alarm Is Increasing’

Barack Obama

Inflation

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) called on Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) to switch political parties during an interview on Sunday night, saying that Manchin needed to abandon the party of &#8220;inflation&#8221; and &#8220;lawlessness.&#8221;
&#8220;There&#8217;s still plenty of time he can still switch parties if he wants to, I encourage him to do so,&#8221; Lee told Fox News host Trey Gowdy. &#8220;There&#8217;s no reason why he belongs with the party of inflation, why he belongs with the party of lawlessness, why he ought to remain with the party that&#8217;s harassing intimidating and belittling him at every turn, just so they can fundamentally remake the American economy and American society.&#8221;
&#8220;Joe Manchin absolutely should leave the Democratic Party and I look forward to embracing him when he joins our caucus,&#8221; Lee added. &#8220;What they see here is that they belittle him and intimidate him enough that somehow he relent. That&#8217;s of course, not going to happen. Joe Manchin&#8217;s got a backbone and he&#8217;s got principles, and he&#8217;s also got constituents, you know, he represents the good people of West Virginia, including a whole lot of poor and middle class Americans who are finding that everything they buy from gas to groceries from housing to healthcare, is getting more expensive, unaffordably so, and they&#8217;re understanding increasingly that this is happening as a result of federal government. It&#8217;s just printing money to the tune of trillions of dollars it doesn&#8217;t have, that hurts America&#8217;s poor middle class.&#8221;
WATCH:
<iframe loading="lazy" title="Manchin should abandon the Democrats: Sen. Mike Lee" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ygrb7nCh5wg?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
TRANSCRIPT:
<blockquote>[START VIDEO]
REPORTER: Senator, have you ever had a plan to switch parties? 
SEN. JOE MANCHIN (D-WV): No, you know, I&#8217;ll be very honest with you. Anything that was ever said where we&#8217;ve ever talked about if I&#8217;m an embarrassment to my Democrat colleagues, my caucus, the president being the leader of the Democrat Party, Chuck Schumer and all them, and I said me being a moderate centrist Democrat, if that causes you a problem let me know and I&#8217;d switch to be an Independent but I&#8217;d still be caucusing with Democrats. That doesn&#8217;t, it&#8217;s not connotation where would we cause them a problem, that&#8217;s the only thing that was ever discussed. No one accepted that and I just said, I&#8217;ll make that offer if you need it.
[END VIDEO]
TREY GOWDY, FOX NEWS HOST: Democrats have no margin for error in the Senate, which is why this strategy of insulting and intimidating Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema is such a strange one. Rumors began to circulate this week that Joe Manchin was contemplating switching from Democrat to Independent and honestly, why wouldn&#8217;t he? Joe Biden didn&#8217;t carry a single county in West Virginia. Joe Manchin has nothing in common with The Squad so why would he vote like The Squad? And of course, none of this drama would be relevant had Republicans want a single Georgia Senate race in January of 2021, just one, control over the Senate was on the ballot. The Biden agenda was on the ballot, and Republicans lost both Georgia races. Our next guest is a smart, thoughtful man from the great state of Utah, Senator Mike Lee. Senator, you have a brilliant legal mind, I&#8217;m gonna ask you a legal question, and a second, which we both prefer. But let&#8217;s get the politics out of the way. Joe Manchin wouldn&#8217;t be the center of the political universe had we not just won a single Georgia Senate race, right?
SEN. MIKE LEE (R-UT): That&#8217;s right, he wouldn&#8217;t. And look, there&#8217;s still plenty of time he can still switch parties if he wants to, I encourage him to do so. There&#8217;s no reason why he belongs with the party of inflation, why he belongs with the party of lawlessness, why he ought to remain with the party that&#8217;s harassing intimidating and belittling him at every turn, just so they can fundamentally remake the American economy and American society. No, look, Joe Manchin absolutely should leave the Democratic Party and I look forward to embracing him when he joins our caucus.
GOWDY: Well, you know, what I keep getting hung up on is he represents West Virginia. I mean, that&#8217;s a state where Joe Biden literally did not want a single county. So, what are the realistic expectations of The Squad for a guy from West Virginia?
LEE: Well, look, what they see here is is a chance to make America a little more socialist, or a lot more socialist. What they see here is that they belittle him and intimidate him enough that somehow he relent. That&#8217;s of course, not going to happen. Joe Manchin&#8217;s got a backbone and he&#8217;s got principles, and he&#8217;s also got constituents, you know, he represents the good people of West Virginia, including a whole lot of poor and middle class Americans who are finding that everything they buy from gas to groceries from housing to healthcare, is getting more expensive, unaffordably so, and they&#8217;re understanding increasingly that this is happening as a result of federal government. It&#8217;s just printing money to the tune of trillions of dollars it doesn&#8217;t have, that hurts America&#8217;s poor middle class.</blockquote>
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Top Defense Officials Testify Before Senate Armed Services Committee On Afghanistan And Counterterrorism

Top Senator Pushes Manchin To Switch Parties: ‘No Reason Why He Belongs With The Party Of Inflation’

Joe Manchin

Mike Lee

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) slammed Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Chief Medical Advisor to the President, on Sunday over a new letter from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) about whether the NIH ever funded gain of function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Vanity Fair <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/10/nih-admits-funding-risky-virus-research-in-wuhan">reported</a>:
<blockquote>On Wednesday, the NIH sent a letter to members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce that acknowledged two facts. One was that EcoHealth Alliance, a New York City–based nonprofit that partners with far-flung laboratories to research and prevent the outbreak of emerging diseases, did indeed enhance a bat coronavirus to become potentially more infectious to humans, which the NIH letter described as an “unexpected result” of the research it funded that was carried out in partnership with the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The second was that EcoHealth Alliance violated the terms of its grant conditions stipulating that it had to report if its research increased the viral growth of a pathogen by tenfold.</blockquote>
Paul was asked about the revelation during an interview with Axios that aired on Sunday, to which Paul responded, &#8220;I think that people across the country are very disturbed at how much he&#8217;s lied, basically.&#8221;
&#8220;We have brand new news today, you know, that says that the NIH is now admitting that there was gain of function research there, and he lied about it,&#8221; Paul said. &#8220;And so in the letter, they acknowledge that, yes, the viruses did gain in function, they became more dangerous. So they&#8217;ve created a virus that doesn&#8217;t exist in nature to become more dangerous. That is gain of function. Now they try to justify it by saying, well it was an unexpected result. I&#8217;m not sure I buy that. Think about it, you take an unknown virus, you combine it with another virus, and you get a super-virus, you have no idea whether it gains functions or loses function. That&#8217;s what the experiment is. But I don&#8217;t know how anybody could argue that that&#8217;s not gain of function research.&#8221;
Paul called for President Joe Biden to fire Fauci for &#8220;a lack of judgement, if nothing else&#8221; and said that Senate Republicans are &#8220;calling for an investigation and hearings.&#8221;
WATCH:
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RandPaul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RandPaul</a> says Biden should fire Fauci over U.S.-funded research in Wuhan &quot;just for lack of judgment, if nothing else.&quot;
Fauci fired back at Paul&#39;s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AxiosOnHBO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AxiosOnHBO</a> interview, telling <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ThisWeekABC</a> his criticism implies the research led to COVID-19, which is &quot;molecularly impossible.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/d4DHkYpOD9">pic.twitter.com/d4DHkYpOD9</a>
&mdash; Axios (@axios) <a href="https://twitter.com/axios/status/1452400059941892101?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2021</a></blockquote>
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TRANSCRIPT:
<blockquote>AXIOS: You&#8217;re running for re-election this year; you just set a record for your quarterly fundraising for a Senate race. And one of your donation pages says, “Fire Dr. Fauci.” How helpful has that been?
SEN. RAND PAUL (R-KY): You know, I think that people across the country are very disturbed at how much he&#8217;s lied, basically. That he&#8217;s in charge of&#8211;
AXIOS: You&#8217;ve gone at it in hearings.
PAUL: Yeah, we&#8217;re still going at it. We have brand new news today, you know, that says that the NIH is now admitting that there was gain of function research there, and he lied about it.
AXIOS: So, this is a letter from the National Institutes of Health to Congress, and it acknowledges funding research in Wuhan that you and Dr. Fauci have gone at it about.
PAUL: Right. And so in the letter, they acknowledge that, yes, the viruses did gain in function, they became more dangerous. So they&#8217;ve created a virus that doesn&#8217;t exist in nature [that’s] become more dangerous. That is gain of function. Now they try to justify it by saying, well it was an unexpected result. I&#8217;m not sure I buy that. Think about it, you take an unknown virus, you combine it with another virus, and you get a super-virus, you have no idea whether it gains functions or loses function. That&#8217;s what the experiment is. But I don&#8217;t know how anybody could argue that that&#8217;s not gain of function research. 
AXIOS: So, senator, you had a hot tweet, you said, “I told you so doesn&#8217;t even begin to cover it here.” What should happen next?
PAUL: Well, he should be fired. I mean, the thing is&#8211;
AXIOS: Dr. Fauci should be fired?
PAUL: Absolutely.
AXIOS: By the president? 
PAUL: Absolutely. The thing is, is just for a lack of judgement, if nothing else. You know, he&#8217;s probably never going to admit that he lied. He&#8217;s going to continue to dissemble and try to work around the truth and massage the truth. 
AXIOS: Let me go out on a limb. President Biden is not going to fire Dr. Fauci. So what can Congress do? Or what are you going to try to do?
PAUL: We&#8217;re calling for an investigation and hearings on this. We&#8217;ve been calling for that for months. But you&#8217;re right. There&#8217;s been a great deal of resistance on the Democrat side, but would we not want to know the origin of the virus, and to know if it came from a lab, particularly since this research still goes on?</blockquote>
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Senate Homeland Security Committee Examines Post-9/11 Landscape

Senator Paul Unloads On Fauci Over New Report: Americans ‘Very Disturbed At How Much He’s Lied’

COVID-19

Rand Paul

New Zealand Prime Jacinda Ardern smiled during an interview late last week when saying that she was effectively creating two different classes of people in her country that have different levels of freedom depending on whether they are vaccinated.
The New Zealand Herald <a href="https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-delta-outbreak-new-traffic-light-system-all-you-need-to-know-about-todays-announcements/X7W2WC55EVXKH3NMNHIYPSVMGU/">reported</a> last week that Ardern had &#8220;announced the country would move into the new traffic light system when each District Health Board has 90 per cent of its population with both doses of the vaccine.&#8221;
&#8220;So, you&#8217;ve basically said, this is gonna be like, well it&#8217;s almost like, and you probably don&#8217;t see it like this, [inaudible] two different classes of people, if you&#8217;re vaccinated or if you&#8217;re unvaccinated,&#8221; an interviewer said to Ardern. &#8220;You have all these rights if you are vaccinated&#8211;&#8221;
&#8220;That it is what it is,&#8221; Ardern quickly responded as she smiled. &#8220;So, yep. Yep.&#8221;
Ardern claimed that the new moves to use certificates was &#8220;not just a tool to drive up vaccines,&#8221; but &#8220;a tool for confidence.&#8221;
&#8220;People who have been vaccinated will want to know that they&#8217;re around other vaccinated people, they&#8217;ll want to know that they&#8217;re in a safe environment,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;It is a way that we can give confidence to those who are going back into hospitality or events. And so, that is something that I think we should offer to people who have been vaccinated, that confidence that we&#8217;re doing everything we can to keep them safe, and that they can come back out and start enjoying those things safely.&#8221;
WATCH:
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When the New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was asked by a reporter if she was creating two classes of people, the vaccinated and the unvaccinated, Ardern confirmed stating, &quot;That is what it is, yep&quot;. <a href="https://t.co/mY6cQBCFzX">pic.twitter.com/mY6cQBCFzX</a>
&mdash; Marie Oakes (@TheMarieOakes) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMarieOakes/status/1452280415172153346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2021</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
TRANSCRIPT:
<blockquote>INTERVIEWER: So, you&#8217;ve basically said, this is gonna be like, well it&#8217;s almost like, and you probably don&#8217;t see it like this, [inaudible] two different classes of people, if you&#8217;re vaccinated or if you&#8217;re unvaccinated. You have all these rights if you are vaccinated&#8211;
JACINDA ARDERN, PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND: That it is what it is. So, yep. Yep.
INTERVIEWER: Can you describe, because you&#8217;ve previously were hoping not to have to do that, I guess when we still looked like we could maintain elimination across the whole country, but I guess that has now changed, because&#8211;
ARDERN: I think it was less because [inaudible] the elimination determining that and more because we, of course, maintained, and actually we have managed very high vaccination rates, generally, without the use of certificates. But actually, what it&#8217;s become clear to me is that they&#8217;re not just a tool to drive up vaccines. They&#8217;re a tool for confidence. People who have been vaccinated, will want to know that they&#8217;re around other vaccinated people, they&#8217;ll want to know that they&#8217;re in a safe environment. It is a way that we can give confidence to those who are going back into hospitality or events. And so, that is something that I think we should offer to people who have been vaccinated, that confidence that we&#8217;re doing everything we can to keep them safe, and that they can come back out and start enjoying those things safely.</blockquote>
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Gives COVID-19 Update

New Zealand’s Prime Minister On If Vaccine Certificates Are About Creating Two Classes Of People: ‘Yep’

COVID-19 Vaccine

New Zealand

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said during an interview on Sunday that &#8220;there is a plan&#8221; to get unvaccinated essential workers &#8220;education and counseling&#8221; so they will feel comfortable getting vaccinated.
&#8220;As you know, there are cases where police officers or health workers or pilots are walking off the job, rather than get the vaccine,&#8221; Fox News host Chris Wallace said. &#8220;Are you still full speed ahead on mandates for essential workers to get vaccinated?”
&#8220;We have seen that these mandates are getting more and more people vaccinated,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Here&#8217;s what we know, the most disruptive thing that you can do to workforce is to have a COVID outbreak in that workforce. That will most definitely not only send people home, but it will send people to the hospital and some may pass. What we know from the police workforce is that there have been more deaths from the coronavirus over the last year and a half than all other causes of death for that workforce combined. So, we believe it is very important to get these people vaccinated.&#8221;
Walensky added, &#8220;There is a plan should these people not want to be vaccinated towards education and counseling to get people the information they need so that they are feeling comfortable in getting vaccinated.&#8221;
WATCH:
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TRANSCRIPT:
<blockquote>CHRIS WALLACE, FOX NEWS HOST: Now, mandates by government by private companies have, of essential workers, generally work, you see a big boost in vaccinations, even though there may be some grousing. But as you know, there are cases where police officers or health workers or pilots are walking off the job, rather than get the vaccine. Are you still full speed ahead on mandates for essential workers to get vaccinated?
ROCHELLE WALENSKY, CDC DIRECTOR: We have seen that these mandates are getting more and more people vaccinated. Here&#8217;s what we know, the most disruptive thing that you can do to workforce is to have a COVID outbreak in that workforce. That will most definitely not only send people home, but it will send people to the hospital and some may pass. What we know from the police workforce is that there have been more deaths from the coronavirus over the last year and a half than all other causes of death for that workforce combined. So we believe it is very important to get these people vaccinated. There is a plan should these people not want to be vaccinated towards education and counseling to get people the information they need so that they are feeling comfortable in getting vaccinated.
WALLACE: But what about the argument that we&#8217;re talking about public health here. And if you [inaudible] and we&#8217;ve seen some real resistance, for instance, in the Chicago Police Department, in the interest of public health on vaccinations, if you have a large part of a police force leaving, in terms of public health, aren&#8217;t you further behind the ball rather than having made gains?
WALENSKY: You know, the way you can down a police force is by having a COVID outbreak in that police force. So what we&#8217;re working to do is mitigate that from happening.</blockquote>
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Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Holds Hearing On 2022 CDC Budget

CDC Director Walensky: ‘There Is A Plan’ To Get Unvaccinated Workers ‘Education And Counseling’

Dr. Rochelle Walensky

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned during a CNN interview with Jake Tapper on Sunday that inflation would continue to remain late into next year.
&#8220;So let me ask you about that, because this rising inflation is hitting Americans&#8217; wallets hard, impacting everything from gas prices to groceries,&#8221; Tapper said on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union.&#8221;
&#8220;When do you expect the inflation to get back to the 2 percent range, which is considered normal?&#8221; Tapper asked. &#8220;2022? 2023? When?&#8221;
&#8220;Well, I expect that to happen next year,&#8221; Yellen responded. &#8220;Monthly rates of inflation have already fallen substantially from the very high rates that we saw in the spring and early summer. On a 12-month basis, the inflation rate will remain high into next year because of what&#8217;s already happened. But I expect improvement by the end of &#8212; by the middle to end of next year, second half of next year.&#8221;
Yellen later conceded that &#8220;we are going through a period of inflation that&#8217;s higher than Americans have seen in a long time.&#8221;
WATCH:
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Biden Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says rising prices will continue until “the end of next year.”
In July, Yellen said it would only last “several months.” <a href="https://t.co/W4GjxUCdmM">pic.twitter.com/W4GjxUCdmM</a>
&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1452276443178754052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2021</a></blockquote>
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TRANSCRIPT PROVIDED VIA CNN:
<blockquote>JAKE TAPPER, CNN HOST: So let me ask you about that, because this rising inflation is hitting Americans&#8217; wallets hard, impacting everything from gas prices to groceries.
When do you expect the inflation to get back to the 2 percent range, which is considered normal? 2022? 2023? When?
YELLEN: Well, I expect that to happen next year.
Monthly rates of inflation have already fallen substantially from the very high rates that we saw in the spring and early summer. On a 12-month basis, the inflation rate will remain high into next year because of what&#8217;s already happened.
But I expect improvement by the end of &#8212; by the middle to end of next year, second half of next year.
TAPPER: Second half of 2022.
Former President Obama&#8217;s Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has been sounding alarm bells for months about rising prices. Take a listen to his response to what he calls very disturbing inflation numbers out last week.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
LAWRENCE SUMMERS, FORMER DIRECTOR, WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL: Now we see inflation becoming more widespread in a wider range of products, spreading to the housing and labor markets.
I have been alarmed for a long time, and I&#8217;m more alarmed now.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
TAPPER: More alarmed now.
And Summers added this warning &#8212; quote &#8212; &#8220;We&#8217;re in more danger than we have been during my career of losing control of inflation in the U.S.&#8221;
Is he wrong?
YELLEN: I think he&#8217;s wrong, I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;re about to lose control of inflation.
I agree, of course, we are going through a period of inflation that&#8217;s higher than Americans have seen in a long time. And it&#8217;s something that&#8217;s obviously a concern and worrying them. But we haven&#8217;t lost control.
And, as we make further progress on the pandemic, I expect these bottlenecks to subside. Americans will return to the labor force as conditions improve. And, remember, the spending that we did that partially has caused this high demand for goods, it&#8217;s been very important in making sure that the pandemic hasn&#8217;t had a scarring effect on American workers.
It&#8217;s given them enough income and support to get through this without &#8212; while still being able to put food on their table and keep roofs over their heads.
TAPPER: Right. 
YELLEN: And when you don&#8217;t hear people talking about, I&#8217;m worried about being able to get a job, remember, that&#8217;s a very good impact that the rescue packages had. And what we&#8217;re talking about with infrastructure and Build Back Better, this is a relatively small amount of spending over a decade. And we need this spending to make our economy productive&#8230;
TAPPER: Right.
YELLEN: &#8230; to make sure that families have the support to take care of their children and to work. And it will boost labor force participation.
TAPPER: So, Secretary Yellen, you referred to this earlier, but I want to ask you.
There&#8217;s this record-breaking 4.3 million Americans who left their jobs just in August. It&#8217;s a pandemic phenomenon some are now calling the Great Resignation. This comes as almost 11 million jobs are currently open and waiting to be filled.
What&#8217;s going on here? Why are Americans not taking these jobs? And what are you and the White House doing to get people back to work?
YELLEN: Well, right now, we have a very tight labor market.
And when the labor market is tight and Americans feel good about their ability to get another job, they&#8217;re more likely to quit a job. They&#8217;re getting outside job offers and taking them. And that shows up in those statistics.
So we have a good, tight labor market. Firms are obviously having trouble hiring workers. But labor supply is depressed by the pandemic. That&#8217;s because of health concerns, because of child care. And as we get beyond the pandemic, I expect labor supply to increase.
And I &#8212; it&#8217;s good, I think, to see wages begin to rise, especially for those Americans who had the most insecure jobs and the lowest wages. And to see some improvement there is something that we should be pleased with.
TAPPER: You have projected that the U.S. is going to run out of money to pay its bills on December 3 unless Congress acts to once again raise the debt ceiling.
Senator Mitch McConnell says Democrats are going to have to do it alone. And so we just talked to Speaker Pelosi about whether or not they&#8217;re going to do it with reconciliation.
What &#8212; how concerned are you that, ultimately, a default might actually happen this time?
YELLEN: Well, I consider it utterly essential that the debt ceiling be raised.
It&#8217;s simply inconceivable that America should prove itself unwilling to pay the bills it&#8217;s already incurred. And let&#8217;s be clear. The debt ceiling is not about future spending or tax policy, on which members of Congress may disagree. It is about paying the bills that result from past decisions of Congress about spending and taxation.
It would be utterly catastrophic, something that has not ever happened in the history of America. Our assets, our treasuries are regarded as the safest assets on the planet, because America can be counted on, always has, to pay its bills.
I personally believe this is a responsibility that Republicans and Democrats should share.
TAPPER: Yes.
YELLEN: I think it&#8217;s something that both parties should do together.
It&#8217;s a housekeeping matter, doing what&#8217;s necessary to pay our bills. I have confidence it will get done, but I will leave it to the speaker and to Leader Schumer to figure out what the best way is forward on that.</blockquote>
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White House Press Secretary Psaki Holds Media Briefing With Treasury Secretary Yellen

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Signals Trouble Over How Long Inflation Will Continue To Remain High

Former President Barack Obama pleaded with Virginian voters not to pay attention to culture wars as election day nears between Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe and Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin.
Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-stumps-for-terry-mcauliffe-in-razor-thin-virginia-governors-race">reported</a>:
<blockquote>Both Obama and McAuliffe pushed voters to head to the polls early – a move made even more urgent by the deadlocked race between the former governor and his GOP opponent &#8230; Polling released earlier this week from a Monmouth University survey showed that voters are split evenly with 46 percent of registered voters backing both Youngkin and McAuliffe.</blockquote>
&#8220;We don&#8217;t have time to be wasting on these phony, trumped up culture wars, this fake outrage that right-wing media pedals to juice their ratings,&#8221; Obama claimed. &#8220;And the fact that he&#8217;s willing to go along with it, instead of talking about serious problems that actually affect serious people, that&#8217;s a shame.&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s not what this election is about. That&#8217;s not what you need, Virginia,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Instead of forcing our communities to cut back at a time when we&#8217;re just starting to recover, we should be doing more to support people who are educating our kids, and keeping our neighborhoods safe.&#8221;
WATCH:
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Former President <a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BarackObama</a>: &quot;We don&#39;t have time to be wasted on these phony trumped-up culture wars, this fake outrage, the right-wing media&#39;s pedals to juice their ratings.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/bmMnet8q5X">pic.twitter.com/bmMnet8q5X</a>
&mdash; The Hill (@thehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1452022922290290695?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Notable reactions to Obama&#8217;s remarks included:
<ul>
<li>Ben Shapiro, podcast host: &#8220;Sorry, but McAuliffe saying that parents shouldn&#8217;t be in charge of their children&#8217;s education and the Loudoun County school board lying to parents about sexual assaults in bathrooms isn&#8217;t &#8216;trumped up cultural wars.'&#8221;</li>
<li>Joe Gabriel Simonson, reporter: &#8220;Netflix executive says stop paying attention to popular culture.&#8221;</li>
<li>Ian Miles Cheong, editor: &#8220;People losing their jobs and being called ‘terrorists’ for not wanting their kids abused or indoctrinated at schools is now &#8216;fake outrage&#8217; in the &#8216;phony trumped-up culture wars.'&#8221;</li>
<li>Larry O&#8217;Connor, radio host: &#8220;Let&#8217;s be clear: THEY are waging the culture war. WE are fighting back. Covering up a sexual assault in school restrooms to push a transgender policy in gov&#8217;t schools is the definition of waging a culture war.&#8221;</li>
<li>Hugh Hewitt, radio host: &#8220;The &#8216;right-wing media&#8217; tricked Terry McAuliffe into telling parents they should influence school boards. @GlennYoungkin is surging because he’s got answers for Virginia’s public education’s failures.&#8221;</li>
<li>Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO): &#8220;Barack Obama is telling parents they have fake outrage over school boards covering up sexual assaults and teaching critical race theory.&#8221;</li>
<li>Michele Perez Exner, GOP comms: &#8220;My kids’ schools were shut down for a year. A girl was raped in a bathroom in Loudon County. Terry McAuliffe said I shouldn’t have a say in my child’s education. Not one of those things is &#8216;phony&#8217; or &#8216;trumped up.'&#8221;</li>
</ul>
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Former President Barack Obama Joins Phil Murphy For Early Vote Rally Ahead Of New Jersey Governor Election

Obama To Virginia Voters: Don’t Pay Attention To ‘Trumped Up Culture Wars,’ It’s All ‘Fake Outrage’

Terry McAuliffe

Virginia

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki did not dispute that President Joe Biden&#8217;s poll numbers have cratered in recent months and instead placed part of the blame on unvaccinated Americans.
&#8220;I know you’ve mentioned COVID before, but is it also because of the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan?&#8221; a reporter asked Psaki. &#8220;Is it the stalled agenda for President Biden? What do you suppose is the reason that we’ve seen this slide in the President’s approval ratings?&#8221;
&#8220;Well, a lot of people in this room work for organizations that have done polls, and there’s a lot of underlying data in them. And sometimes it differs,&#8221; Psaki claimed. &#8220;So, I would just go back to what our view is — is that we’re still going through a hard time in this country, and people are tired of fighting a pandemic. They’re tired of the impact on their lives. Some of them are sick and tired of people who won’t get vaccinated, who they feel are impacting their ability to live life in a normal way. Some people are still fearful for loved ones. And we all thought that it would be over at this point in time. Obviously, the Delta variant and other factors have led to — this to be extended.&#8221;
WATCH:
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Asked by <a href="https://twitter.com/GrayDCnews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GrayDCNews</a>&#39;s Jon Decker about the fact that Biden&#39;s &quot;polls have declined sharply over the last few months,&quot; Psaki laments that people are &quot;still going through a hard time&quot; with &quot;some&#8230;sick and tired of people who won&#39;t get vaccinated&quot; and are impacting their happiness <a href="https://t.co/CAF2Twuabg">pic.twitter.com/CAF2Twuabg</a>
&mdash; Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1451633395658858500?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 22, 2021</a></blockquote>
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TRANSCRIPT PROVIDED VIA THE WHITE HOUSE:
<blockquote>REPORTER: I want to ask you about public opinion polls, which I’m sure you recognize.  The President’s public opinion polls have declined sharply over the last few months.  And I want to get a sense from you, in speaking to your White House colleagues, why you think that is? 
I know you’ve mentioned COVID before, but is it also because of the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan?  Is it the stalled agenda for President Biden?  What do you suppose is the reason that we’ve seen this slide in the President’s approval ratings?
PSAKI:  Well, a lot of people in this room work for organizations that have done polls, and there’s a lot of underlying data in them.  And sometimes it differs.
So, I would just go back to what our view is — is that we’re still going through a hard time in this country, and people are tired of fighting a pandemic.  They’re tired of the impact on their lives.  Some of them are sick and tired of people who won’t get vaccinated, who they feel are impacting their ability to live life in a normal way.  Some people are still fearful for loved ones.  And we all thought that it would be over at this point in time.  Obviously, the Delta variant and other factors have led to — this to be extended. 
So, there’s no question that the fatigue with COVID is impacting people around the country.  The President understands that; he’s empathetic to that.  And he knows that the best thing he can do is help get COVID under control, continue to work to address some fundamental issues in our economy, put people back to work, and that’s what he’s focused on every day.
REPORTER: And then how do you turn things around, Jen?  What’s the way?   Is it just getting victories?  Is it in passing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill?  What’s the way that you think President Biden can turn around these sliding approval ratings?
PSAKI:  He can keep his head focused on doing the job — doing the job as President, leading the American people, make — putting in place fundamental changes that will make people’s lives better.</blockquote>
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Secretary Psaki Briefs White House Media

Psaki Doesn’t Deny Biden’s Approval Has ‘Declined Sharply,’ Blames Part Of The American Public

Jen Psaki

Joe Biden

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki defended President Joe Biden on Friday over Biden&#8217;s claim during a CNN town hall on Thursday night that he has visited the border before.
Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked Psaki why Biden said he has been to the border, to which Psaki responded, &#8220;Well, Peter, as you may have seen, there’s been reporting that he did drive through the border when he was on the campaign trail in 2008.&#8221;
&#8220;And he is certainly familiar with the fact — and it stuck with him — with the fact that in El Paso, the border goes right through the center of town,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;But what the most important thing everyone should know and understand is that the President has worked on these issues throughout his entire career and is well versed in every aspect of our immigration system, including the border.  That includes when he was Vice President.  And he went to Mexico and Central America 10 times to address border issues and talk about what we can do to reduce the number of migrants who were coming to the border.&#8221;
Psaki then suggested that Biden&#8217;s border crisis was actually the fault of the previous administration, saying that they left a &#8220;mess.&#8221;
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TRANSCRIPT PROVIDED VIA THE WHITE HOUSE:
<blockquote>REPORTER: Following up on something else the President said last night, why did President Biden say he has been to the border?
PSAKI:  Well, Peter, as you may have seen, there’s been reporting that he did drive through the border when he was on the campaign trail in 2008.  And he is certainly familiar with the fact — and it stuck with him — with the fact that in El Paso, the border goes right through the center of town.
But what the most important thing everyone should know and understand is that the President has worked on these issues throughout his entire career and is well versed in every aspect of our immigration system, including the border.  That includes when he was Vice President.  And he went to Mexico and Central America 10 times to address border issues and talk about what we can do to reduce the number of migrants who were coming to the border. 
He worked in a bipartisan manner with senators like Ted Kennedy, Harry Reid, John McCain, and others to push for comprehensive immigration reform. 
He does not need a visit to the border to know what a mess was left by the last administration.  That’s his view.
REPORTER: Does that count as a visit?  He said, “I’ve been there before.”  You’re saying he drove by for a few minutes.  Does that count?
PSAKI:  What do you — what is the root cause — where are people coming from who are coming to the border, Peter?
REPORTER: The President said that he has been to the border —
PSAKI:  I’m asking you — I’m asking you a question, because I think people should understand the context.
REPORTER: No, you’re answering —
PSAKI:  Where do people —
REPORTER: — a question with a question.
PSAKI:  Where do people —
REPORTER: I’m asking you if that counts.
PSAKI:  Okay, I’ll answer it for you: People come from Central America and Mexico to go to the border.  The President has been to those countries 10 times to talk about border issues.
There is a focus right now on a photo op.  The President does not believe a photo op is the same as solutions.
REPORTER: But he said, “I…” —
PSAKI:  That may be a difference he has with Republicans.
REPORTER: But that’s not what he said either.  He said, “I guess I should go down.”  So, does he think that he needs a photo op?  Is that what he’s saying?  Is that what you’re saying?
PSAKI:  He doesn’t.  And that’s a fundamental disagreement he has.  I would say the former President went to the border at least once, maybe more — you may know the numbers. 
REPORTER: But has anything changed —
PSAKI:  How did that immigration policy result, Peter?  That immigration policy resulted in separating kids from their parents, building a border wall that’s feckless and that cost billions of dollars for taxpayers.  The President fundamentally disagrees on how we need to approach the immigration issue.
REPORTER: Has anything changed at the border between 2008, when he drove by, and 2021? 
PSAKI:  Aside from the fact that migrants are still coming to the border through the course of Democratic and Republican Presidents, and the — the immi- — the need to reform the immigration system is even farther long overdue?  No.  But we need to work with Democrats and Republicans to get that done.
I think we’re going to have to keep chugging along here.</blockquote>
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Psaki On Biden’s Claim That He’s Been To The Border: He ‘Did Drive Through’ It Over A Decade Ago

Border Crisis

President Joe Biden appeared to mock during a CNN town hall event on Thursday those who reject vaccine mandates because they believe in &#8220;freedom.&#8221;
&#8220;Should police officers, emergency responders be mandated to get vaccines?&#8221; CNN&#8217;s Anderson Cooper asked Biden. &#8220;And if not, should they be — stay at home or let go?&#8221;
&#8220;Yes and yes,&#8221; Biden responded. &#8220;And, by the way — by the way, I waited until July to talk about mandating, because I tried everything else possible.  The mandates are working.  All the stuff about people leaving and people getting — you have — you have everyone from United Airlines to Spirit — all these airlines.  They’re — we’re not going to get all — 96, 97 percent of the people have gotten the vaccine.&#8221;
&#8220;All the talk about all these folks who are going to leave the military if they were mandated — not true.  You got about a 90-something percent vaccination rate,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I mean, so there’s a — the idea is that — look, the two things that concern me — one, are those who just tried to make this a political issue. &#8216;Freedom.  I have the freedom to kill you with my COVID.&#8217;  No, I mean, come on. &#8216;Freedom.'&#8221;
WATCH:
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Joe Biden on vaccine mandates: &quot;Come on, &#39;freedom?&#39;&quot; <a href="https://t.co/xs3MjLDPI1">pic.twitter.com/xs3MjLDPI1</a>
&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1451355540936855561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 22, 2021</a></blockquote>
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TRANSCRIPT PROVIDED VIA THE WHITE HOUSE:
<blockquote>MR. COOPER:  Mr. President, let me ask you a follow-up about that.  As many as one in three emergency responders in some cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, right here in Baltimore, are refusing to comply with city vaccine mandates.
I’m wondering where you stand on that.  Should police officers, emergency responders be mandated to get vaccines?  And if not, should they be — stay at home or let go?
THE PRESIDENT:  Yes and yes.  (Applause.)
And, by the way — by the way, I waited until July to talk about mandating, because I tried everything else possible.  The mandates are working.  All the stuff about people leaving and people getting — you have — you have everyone from United Airlines to Spirit — all these airlines.  They’re — we’re not going to get all — 96, 97 percent of the people have gotten the vaccine.
All the talk about all these folks who are going to leave the military if they were mandated — not true.  You got about a 90-something percent vaccination rate.
I mean, so there’s a — the idea is that — look, the two things that concern me — one, are those who just tried to make this a political issue.  “Freedom.  I have the freedom to kill you with my COVID.”   No, I mean, come on.  “Freedom.”  Number one.
Number two — the second one is that, you know, the gross misinformation that’s out there.  Like what they’re saying about my buddy Colin Powell — (applause) — and he was my friend — who passed away.  “Colin Powell was vaccinated, and he still died.”  Well, he knew he had serious underlying conditions.  And it would be difficult — he clearly would have been gone earlier had he not gotten the vaccine, had he not gotten the — the shots.
But my generic point is: There’s so much misinformation.
And you know what I find fascinating?  I turn on Fox to find out how popular I am.  Well, I —</blockquote>
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