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Senior Video Journalist, The Washington Post • jm.rieger@washpost.com

Jul 14, 2021, 6 tweets

New @thefix mashup:

Under Trump, Republicans touted the coronavirus vaccines.

Now, under Biden, they’re questioning them.

washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…

Ron Johnson

Dec. 13, 2020: “President Trump deserves a lot of credit [for helping produce the vaccines]”

June 28, 2021: “Just because the vaccine is generally safe, doesn’t mean that it's 100% safe.”

Rand Paul

Nov. 19, 2020: “I’ve been a big proponent of releasing it [the vaccines] early”

Dec. 7, 2020: “To government officials…let’s get the vaccine out as soon as we can.”

June 24, 2021: “One dose may be enough, but also maybe zero doses is enough”

Ronny Jackson

Nov. 25, 2020: “I want to contribute to building up that herd immunity”

July 9, 2021: “This is still an experimental vaccine being used under an emergency use authorization.”

Ralph Norman

Jan. 19, 2021: “Operation Warp Speed worked”

July 8, 2021: “There are a lot of people who don’t believe in the vaccine. That’s called personal freedom.”

Brian Mast

Dec. 14, 2020: “Two promising vaccine candidates both over 95% effective”

May 20, 2021: “You have schools saying can they make a segment of the population…barely affected by this get vaccines that we don’t even know the long-term effects of”

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