Zachary Petrizzo, The Daily Beast, December 24, 2021
Some of Donald Trump's most fervent supporters and right-wing allies have turned on the twice-impeached ex-president following his glowing public endorsement of the COVID-19 vaccine, and subsequent positive messaging around receiving a booster shot.
The fringe characters have come out of the woodwork to try and throw down with the political leader they once praised.
While on stage with disgraced former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly this past weekend, Trump praised his own administration's rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines, a sticking point in TrumpWorld as pundits have been apprehensive about backing the shots. "We did something that was historic," Trump told the crowd, which he was booed over. "We got a vaccine done."
Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, along with countless other far-right types, weren't pleased with Trump's enthusiastic endorsement of the vaccine.
"Sign on to it. Take credit for it. Take this, sign on, believe it. Hell, we're fighting Bill Gates and Fauci and Biden and the New World Order and Psaki and the Davos Group," Jones fumed on his daily show this past week, "and now we've got Trump on their team!"
Far-right "Stop the Steal" and Jan. 6 organizer Ali Alexander also took a swing at Trump over his outspoken support for the vaccine.
"Remember when Trump said you would be playing right into the Democrat's hands by mocking the rushed, ineffective shot?" Alexander wrote Thursday afternoon on Telegram. "Yeah, Joe Biden praises him and his booster shot. Trump, stop. Just stop. Have your position (backed by Fauci) and allow us to have ours (which is backed by science). This losing is getting boomer level annoying."
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, however, told The Daily Beast he isn't concerned with Trump supporting the vaccine because "he is 100% against mandates!"
Lindell added that, unlike Trump "I am 100% against the vaccine! You know that."
Similarly, pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood urged followers to hold back, calling the Trump vaccine push a part of the former president's "wartime strategy."
"I believe We The People should wait until ALL the facts are known before passing judgment on the President's wartime strategy and the tactics designed to achieve victory," he wrote, which left him in hot water with some of his followers. . . .
Alleged QAnon ringleader turned Arizona congressional candidate Ron Watkins chimed in after Trump doubled down on his vaccine support later in the week during an interview with right-wing commentator Candace Owens. . . . Watkins . . . call[ed] the vaccines "subscription suicide shots" while telling his loyal QAnon adherents to "choose life" rather than "comply" and get vaccinated.
In this interview, Candace Owens expresses her disgust at kids wearing masks in schools: "it looks like China."
— gelatina coreana de bellota (@dotorii_muk) December 23, 2021
Trump surprises her by responding: "Well, China's education system is a hell of a lot better than ours." https://t.co/SgeWgkFDAe
In an interview with Candace Owens, Trump pushed back on the conservative personality's doubts of the COVID vaccine:
— Axios (@axios) December 23, 2021
"Oh, no. The vaccine worked...The ones that get very sick and go to the hospital are the ones that don't take the vaccine." https://t.co/cT2LJ4VSyS
NEW: Candace Owens is now calling Trump ignorant after he shut her down during an interview for spouting anti-vax rhetoric. “He comes from a generation that couldn’t conduct their own independent research ... He only reads the mainstream media news.”
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) December 25, 2021
Candace Owens is doing damage control after “so many donors and supporters” are upset over Trump’s vaccine comments. She says he is old, isn’t tech savvy, doesn’t keep up with or read obscure internet conspiracies, and only follows the main stream media so doesn’t have the facts. pic.twitter.com/XAuTFfellE
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) December 24, 2021
Owens: Trump is old, naive and easily deceived and we absolutely must restore him to the presidency.
— Patrick W. Watson (@PatrickW) December 24, 2021
So Donald Trump doesn’t know about the Internet? Gosh, I hope no one tells him about it, that could be trouble.
— Nice Bomb 😀💥 (@TheeKnifeBomb) December 24, 2021
So, damage control is “the guy you support is old, doesn’t read or understand tech and isn’t aware of what’s going on….” Great.
— Mynmnobody 🇺🇸🏴☠️ (@PMynmnobody) December 24, 2021
Not tech savvy... as he's supposedly launching his own social media platform.
— Snarcastic Wonderland (@scwonderland) December 24, 2021
Wait, I thought damage control was supposed to create the illusion that we didn’t we didn’t see what we saw. Not emphasize it. 😁
— kdunnez (@_The_Phantom_1_) December 24, 2021
She's basically saying the guy they spent the last 5 or so years saying was aware of all of the issues, has NO idea what he's saying, doing, or talking about? And this is the man they support and want in office? Must confuse QAnon most since he was "chosen" and "knows all..."
— 🆂🆃🅸🅽🅰 🅻🆈🅽🅽 (@stinaxlynn85) December 24, 2021
or this one pic.twitter.com/BqK3fd2I2P
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) December 23, 2021
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