Lawmakers on both sides are beginning to deny early access to the COVID-19 vaccine, saying they are refusing to receive the first of two vaccines until all healthcare workers and the elderly are vaccinated.
“I’m not saying I have any aversion to that. It’s just a personal attitude that if you’re a leader, you eat last,” he told The Hill rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla. “Symbols matter in life. The strong symbol may be “Hey listen, we’ll make sure we take care of people first.”
Mast joins a small but growing number of lawmakers, including representatives Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii and Jeff Van Drew, RN.J., as well as elected representative Nancy Mace, RS .C . And Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., Announcing that he refuses to offer a vaccine in line with government practices.
Several other MPs have obtained or will receive the first of two doses of COVID-19 vaccine and encourage others to take their shots as well, but other officials are concerned about how they seek to get shots before they are shot. wide scale. available to the public.
Last week, the Capitol doctor’s office received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for lawmakers. The doses have disappeared or are being referred to officials in the executive branch and the Supreme Court. Vice President Mike Pence and President-elect Joe Biden have already been publicly vaccinated.
One of the two parliamentarians in the line of presidential succession, the President of the Chamber, Nancy Pelosi, was vaccinated. Senator Chuck Grassley, the pro tempore president, says he intends to get it.
The other top congressional leaders, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer also received the first doses and shared the experience on social media.
Several core members also got their shots, including Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., who then posted nearly 11 million followers on Twitter.
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