Asked what it will take to up the vaccination rate in Alabama, Gov. Kay Ivey (R-AL) snaps: “I don’t know, you tell me! Folks supposed to have common sense. It’s time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks.”
(For more context, Ivey signed a ban on vaccine passports back in May.)
For what it's worth, here's what Gov. Kay Ivey tweeted after signing that vaccine passport ban into law
According to Alabama's Football Governor Nick Saban, "pretty close to 90%" of the Crimson Tide is vaccinated.
Now if Saban told Alabamans to get the vaccine or there wouldn't be football in the fall ........... al.com/alabamafootbal…
CBS News’ @nancycordes asks whether it’s time the federal government issue vaccine mandates, “and if not, are you putting the needs of unvaccinated people ahead of the needs of vaccinated people?”
WH Press Sec. Jen Psaki: “That’s not the role of the federal government.”
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"I think you should be able to go out and make a billion dollars, or hundred million dollars ... but I ask one thing: Pay your fair share — just pay your fair share."
— President Biden at CNN town hall in Cincinnati
Don Lemon: "How do you respond to Republicans who try to paint you and your party as anti-police?"
Pres. Biden: "They're lying."
Don Lemon: "...So why is protecting the filibuster, is that more important than protecting voting rights?"
Pres. Biden: "No. It's not ... What I don't want to do is get wrapped up right now in the argument whether or not [the voting rights bill] is all about the filibuster ..."
WH Press Sec. Jen Psaki: “We are not in a war or a battle with Facebook, we are in a battle with the virus … inaccurate information about vaccines is killing people.”
Today, Paul Allard Hodgkins is set to become the first person to be sentenced for a felony for Jan. 6 insurrection.
Hodgkins' defense team: “Whatever punishment this court may provide will pale in comparison to the scarlet letter Mr. Hodgkins will wear for the rest of his life.”
Paul Hodgkins has been given 8 months in prison, the first person to be sentenced regarding the January 6th Capitol insurrection.
Paul Hodgkins leaves the courtroom after being sentenced to 8 months for his participation in the Capitol insurrection.