That awkward moment when you realize Trump is the *responsible* one
There are many things I don’t understand about the MAGA cult, but the biggest mystery might be their staunch refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19, even though the Dear Leader can - and repeatedly has - take some of the credit for their rapid development and approval. “Operation Warp Speed” is one of the very few things Trump got right, but the people who would pay money to see Trump interviewed by Bill O’Reilly (forgot about him, didn’t you?) are so upset about it that they’ll boo their God-King.
Donald Trump was met with boos when he revealed he had received a booster shot of the coronavirus vaccine on Sunday. Trump made the revelation after telling a mostly unmasked crowd at the American Airlines Center in Dallas that they should "take credit" for the coronavirus vaccines developed during his presidency. Trump was on the final stop of "The History Tour" with former Fox host Bill O'Reilly.
"Look, we did something that was historic, we saved tens of millions of lives worldwide when we, together, all of us, we got a vaccine done," Trump said. "This was going to ravage the country far beyond what it is right now, take credit for it... it's great, what we've done is historic. Don't let them take it away."
"You're playing right into their hands" when you doubt the vaccine, Trump added.
While the reception to those comments appeared lukewarm, the crowd cheered when Trump expressed his opposition to vaccine mandates. "If you don't want to take it, you shouldn't be forced to take it, no mandates but take credit... don't let them take that away from you," he said.
O'Reilly proceeded to tell the audience that "both the president and I are vaxxed."
"Did you get the booster?" O'Reilly then asked Trump. "Yes," Trump replied. "I got it too," O'Reilly added.
The former president was then forced to quieten boos that appeared to come from one side of the arena. "Don't, don't, don't... that's alright, it's a very tiny group up there," he said.
By contrast, Sarah Palin - speaking of people we’d completely forgotten about - is in full “Marilyn Manson now going door to door trying to shock people” mode:
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