The senator from Louisiana said 'it shouldn't be the president advocating' for the vaccine, but rather the healthcare workers in the state.
for Louisiana's mistrust of the vaccine. He explained that going back and forth on partisanship is not working.
"People are surprised when citizens don't trust government, when you have partisan comments coming out of the White House regarding next Jim Crow laws, [and] people like Senator [Chuck] Schumer and the White House not cooperating on a bipartisan bill," Cassidy said."'Oh, here we're going to be partisan, but over here you better trust us.' That just doesn't work.
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy blamed the White House's partisan statements Sunday for low vaccination rates in Louisiana. Above, Cassidy leaves after a Senate Republican Policy Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol July 13, 2021 in Washington, DC.The senator said"it shouldn't be the president advocating" for the vaccine, but rather the healthcare workers in the state.
"You need to have your doctor, your nurse, your physician's assistants, who's speaking to the patients they normally care for, they see at the PTA meeting, they otherwise communicate 'this is good, it saves lives.'"In the interview, Cassiday said he will be pushing his state to make the choice"between vaccination or accepting higher rates of death.", he said he would like to see Louisiana's vaccination rate increase to"beat the pandemic.
Louisiana needs to get our vaccination rates up if we're going to fully beat this pandemic. We can’t accept anymore death. Vaccines are like seatbelts—you want to have it before the accident happens.
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