Biden Will Receive COVID-19 Vaccine Today As Moderna Doses Arrive To States | Talking Points Memo

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden will receive his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on live television as part of a growing effort to convince the American public the inoculations are safe.


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And Trump hasnt yet because he is no essential worker

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Of course of course, all these prominent people are getting the vaccine to encourage folks but if Trump isn’t, it’s not that he’s sulking and being the most immature jackass on the planet, oh heaven forfend that’s not it at all, there are eleven perfectly plausible reasons he’s straying from the pack here. And if he were taking powdered rhinoceros horn they’d have a smooth explanation for that too. And in 29 days this craziness ends. May we all arrive there with a few shreds of our own sanity left, that’s all I can say.

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In fact he essentially does no work at all.

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“The President wants to send a parallel message, which is, you know, our long-term care facility residents and our frontline workers are paramount in importance, and he wants to set an example in that regard,” she said.

Translation: What a selfish prick Mike Pence is.

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Don’t be such a naysayer. He’s already hard at work this morning!

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1340996686257254403

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And, lets talk about Biden. He absolutely should have been the first one to get the vaccine as far as I’m concerned. You just don’t want to think about him getting sick.

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Has anyone set the price for the pay-per-view of the final extraction of Fat Nixon from the White House? I want to make sure I have enough funds on hand.

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Very true, but then again it’s not Q-Tip waiting in the wings, it’s VP-elect Kamala Harris.

Bigly orders of magnitude difference in core competencies.

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It hasn’t even been 90 days since Trump tried to make having COVID a winning campaign strategy?
Every day seems like a year.

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I know there will be a great in the wings waiter, just don’t think that’s a good way to start a major transformation. :grinning:

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If it happens that way, which who even knows any more, no matter how sick you think he is, he’s sicker, but if it does I think the only thing you’ll have to pay is attention if you want to see it live. I guarantee they won’t waste any time. At the stroke of noon he becomes a trespasser the Secret Service does not work for. Honestly I thought it was unlikely, because it would make him look weak like when they hauled out Assange, but now I’m not so sure. What’s impossible? Nothing. Not these days.

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I wouldn’t mind watching him being hauled out but really wish he’d announce they were leaving for Mar la Gogo and wouldn’t be coming back. Don’t think he plans too far ahead, so…

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Thanks for sharing that piece. These lawsuits really, desperately need to happen for the sake of democracy. They can’t be allowed to continue lying about people and making shit up out of whole cloth without fear of consequences. There has to be a price for that.

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Yes, there’s his tweet but this was added:

This claim about election fraud is disputed

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Most of his tweets have that disclaimer these days.

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Disturbing — and reassuring.

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I’m not reassured by the festive Christmas ornament on the Seven + Four day weather forecast.

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Exactly
If you can’t Imagine him doing it , you suffer from lack of imagination
What a perfect opportunity for him to rile up the Rubes and cash in some more
Think back about every time since he came down that escalator where you thought "He can’t be any worse than this " and he exceeded your expectations 10 fold

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