While the GOP is harping on the reemergence of safety measures, it is largely ignoring that the country likely wouldn’t be in this position if it weren’t for some of the anti-vaccine sentiment being pushed by party members.Īnd that rhetoric has continued to spread inside the GOP: Freshman Rep. “For Republicans, they very clearly see something that they can tap into here.”īut turning the CDC into a punching bag - and villainizing scientists - is also an irresponsible and risky strategy, as the Delta variant continues to ravage communities with low vaccination rates and pediatric hospitalizations are on the rise, just as kids return to school. “There’s practically no one in America who isn’t tired and frustrated with wearing masks,” said GOP strategist Doug Heye. Plus, whacking Biden’s handling of the deadly virus is a way for the GOP to dent an area where the President had received strong marks at the beginning of his presidency. Republicans feel like they have a potent political message following an agonizing and exhausting stretch of pandemic life, and are making the case to voters that things would be different if they’re in power. They’re sick of others imposing their will on them.” Americans should make their own personal decisions about masks. “Americans should be trusted to provide informed consent for vaccines. Warren Davidson, an Ohio Republican who’s a member of the hard-line House Freedom Caucus. We clearly need new leadership,” said Rep. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican and doctor, recently went on a tirade against the CDC and brazenly called on the public to defy health protocols. Anthony Fauci - has become a new rallying cry on the right, with some campaigns even selling anti-Fauci merchandise. Meanwhile, “Fire Fauci” - a reference to infectious disease expert Dr. Those were the dominant themes of a House GOP news conference right before the summer break, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, continued to beat that drum on Tuesday, firing off a new letter to the Capitol physician and saying in a separate statement that President Joe Biden has “threatened a return to lockdowns and government-mandated restrictions for American citizens.”
Republicans have found a new boogeyman in t he battle for the House: the nation’s top public health agency.Īs Republicans head back to their districts for the August recess, they are hammering the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and seizing on the backlash to new mask and vaccine mandates - part of a GOP-wide effort to use the fears and frustrations of Americans worried about another round of school closures and lockdowns as cudgels against their Democratic opponents.
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