President Biden argued on Monday that “local preachers” and other community leaders will be more influential than Donald Trump in efforts to convince “MAGA people” who are skeptical of the COVID-19 vaccines to be inoculated.
When he left the stage after a press conference on the implementation of his $ 1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan”, Biden was asked to comment if he thought Trump “should help promote the vaccine among skeptics”. In response, the president said he was “listening to many reports” in support of that view, but his team downplayed the importance of Trump’s involvement.
“I discussed this with my team and they say that what has more impact than anything Trump would say to the ‘MAGA people’ is what the local doctor, the local preacher, what the local people in the community say,” he said. Biden. “So I urge all doctors, ministers and local priests to talk about why, why it is important to get this vaccine and even after that, until everyone is, in fact, vaccinated, to wear this mask.”
The Biden government has set a goal to administer 100 million vaccines in the first 100 days of the president’s term. On Monday, more than 92 million doses were administered, according to data from the CDC.
Biden’s comments on Trump’s potential involvement in outreach efforts came days after Dr. Anthony Fauci publicly appealed to the former president to urge his supporters to get vaccinated. A recent PBS NewsHour / NPR / Marist poll revealed that 41% of Republicans did not plan to be vaccinated.
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“If he came up and said, ‘Go and get vaccinated. It is very important for your health, the health of your family and the health of the country’, it seems absolutely inevitable that the vast majority of those who are close followers would make him listen. it, “said Fauci during an appearance on” Fox News Sunday “.
Trump was vaccinated in January, before leaving office. Although Trump did not appear alongside other former presidents in a recent public service campaign in the vaccination campaign, he asked the public to get vaccinated during his speech at CPAC last month.
“Guys, they will try,” Trump said at the event.