Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) said he’s against a vaccine mandate “unless there’s some incredibly deadly disease.” The senator also insisted that he is not downplaying the virus and is aware that the U.S. has “had 600,000 excess deaths over the last year.” During a Friday night interview on Fox, Johnson was asked if he could ever get behind a vaccine mandate for everybody. “No,” the senator said, adding, “Not unless there’s some incredibly deadly disease. I mean much higher infection-fatality rates than we have with Covid.” Question: Could you ever get behind a vaccine mandate for everybody? pic.twitter.com/dySLgROgJK — Acyn (@Acyn) July 31, 2021 Johnson then spread disinformation about the death rates of influenza as compared to the coronavirus. “We don’t know the final infection-fatality rate, but right now it’s looking like it’s not going to be much more than double a bad season of flu,” Johnson said. But according to a report this week from Johns …
See Willie Nelson Perform at Voting Rights March in Austin
Willie Nelson returned to the stage Saturday to take part in the Poor People’s Campaign march for voting rights outside the Texas Capitol in Austin. Beto O’Rourke shared video of Nelson’s performance on social media; the gig marked Nelson’s first in-person and public concert outside of his Luck, Texas ranch since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. (“I’ve been double-shotted,” the mask-less Nelson quipped about being vaccinated prior to his performance.) Willie! https://t.co/4fU3JDbCPp — Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) July 31, 2021 The Poor People’s Campaign’s 28-mile march toward Austin began four days ago in Georgetown, Texas and culminated in Saturday’s event outside the capitol building, with Luci Baines Johnson, the youngest daughter of former President Lyndon B. Johnson, and O’Rourke also speaking at the event, the Dallas Observer reported . The march was in protest of the state’s controversial election reform bill , which O’Rourke said would make Texas …
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