💉

In '16, Trump performed skits. I wrote about these in THE UNDERTOW. "The Snake," "The Bullet," "The Call." Now, he doesn't need skits. He's made himself the character, and as such he's proxy for the receptive audience. In other words: He's sharpened his awful act.

— Jeff Sharlet (@JeffSharlet) March 3, 2024

Sharpened it to a very dull point.

Trump said in Richmond, that he will take all federal funds away from public schools that require vaccines. Like most states, Virginia requires MMR vaccine, chickenpox vaccine, polio, etc. So Trump would take millions in federal funds away from all Virginia public schools.

— Barbara Comstock (@BarbaraComstock) March 3, 2024

I’m sure Trump thinks he means “Covid vaccines.” 💉 But that just means Trump is very stupid.

First, if you think children shouldn't be vaccinated for measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, and polio, then you are explicitly support killing children.

Second, he said it. It's on tape.

Finally, my name isn't Richard. https://t.co/Z67w9JS4Dl

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 3, 2024

How many kids is the right number to get polio each year?

Just give me a range. 100? 1,000? 10,000? https://t.co/juE2LGuprw

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 3, 2024

I knew adults who had polio as children. They lost the use of their legs, one way or another. I saw film as a child of people in “iron lungs” because they couldn’t breathe on their own. When the vaccine was available, my parents took me to a school building (it had large rooms to accommodate the people) to get my sugar cube. Best vaccine I ever had, because the rest had to be delivered hypodermically.

My mother-in-law suffered partial hearing loss in one ear because of childhood measles. Measles walks the land again because people won’t get vaccinated against it, or vaccinate their children. Me, I don’t want tetanus, diphtheria, mumps (had them as a child; don’t want them again), etc.

But as I said, Trump is stupid. That hasn’t changed since ‘16, either. But maybe we shouldn’t forget it because “Biden is old” or his policy on Gaza is “awful.”

Then there's another "everybody knows," which is that unless Biden changes course on Gaza, he's cooked. A) for many, it's too late. B) For far more, the much bigger numbers of those who don't "support genocide" but also don't consume news, they *like* Biden's awful policy.

— Jeff Sharlet (@JeffSharlet) March 3, 2024

Are we stuck with that narrative, too?

VP: And given the immense scale of suffering in Gaza, there must be an immediate cease fire for at least the next six weeks, which is what is currently on the table. This will get the hostages out, and get a significant amount of aid in. pic.twitter.com/w6id4Iu1eG

— Acyn (@Acyn) March 3, 2024

VP: And just a few days ago, we saw hungry, desperate people, approach aid trucks, simply trying to secure food for their families, after weeks of nearly no aid reaching northern Gaza. And they were met with gunfire, and chaos. pic.twitter.com/YG6pjOcOzJ

— Acyn (@Acyn) March 3, 2024

VP: And the Israeli government must do more to significantly increase the flow of aid. No excuses. They must open new border crossings. They must not impose any unnecessary restrictions on the delivery of aid. pic.twitter.com/CLqvCChlUe

— Acyn (@Acyn) March 3, 2024

Only if we want to be. We don’t have to remain blind to reality, do we?