New York Times, 9/12/2021
Like other Republican governors around the country, Tate Reeves of Mississippi reacted angrily to the coronavirus vaccine mandates President Biden imposed on private businesses. Declaring the move “terrifying,” he wrote on Twitter: “This is still America, and we still believe in freedom from tyrants.”
There is a deep inconsistency in that argument. Mississippi has some of the strictest vaccine mandates in the nation, which have not drawn opposition from most of its elected officials. Not only does it require children to be vaccinated against measles, mumps and seven other diseases to attend school, but it goes a step further than most states by barring parents from claiming “religious, philosophical or conscientious” exemptions. [emphasis added]
Resistance to vaccine mandates was once a fringe position in both parties, more the realm of misinformed celebrities than mainstream political thought. But the fury over Mr. Biden’s mandates shows how a once-extreme stance has moved to the center of the Republican Party. The governors’ opposition reflects the anger and fear about the vaccine among constituents now central to their base, while ignoring longstanding policy and legal precedent in favor of similar vaccination requirements.
Terrifying!
9/11/2021 update, "What's 'terrifying', Tate Reeves, is your inept response to the pandemic", starts here.
All but 2 of the state's 82 counties remains at extremely high risk of Covid spread.
The tyrant is in the Mississippi state house.
Original 7/13/2021 post, "Up, up and away: Mississippi governor Tate Reeves' pitiful balloon has been popped, thanks to his inept response to the pandemic", starts here.
Headline from Mississippi Free Press, 7/8/2021
What a moron!
The Mississippi Department of Transportation annunced yesterday that it will begin offering free rides to vaccination sites for Mississippians.
“Schedule a free ride Get a free vaccine,” Gov. Tate Reeves tweeted yesterday. It was the first time the state’s leader had used his social media accounts to promote vaccines since April 30.
74 days ago! Lock him up!
New York Times (arrow added)
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