Like most Republicans these days, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) appears to be resistant to vaccinations for COVID-19 even though Americans have been getting vaccinated since the 1850s. On Monday, though, Jordan didn’t seem to be aware of the history of vaccinations in the U.S. “Vaccine mandates are un-American,” Jordan tweeted.
Vaccine mandates are un-American.
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) September 6, 2021
I guess Jordan thinks George Washington was un-American, too, then. As PolitiFact notes, George Washington mandated smallpox vaccines for the Continental Army. We certainly didn’t expect the Ohio Republican to tweet something factual about the spreading disease since his party has not taken it seriously since its onset last year.
Twitter users pounced.
So two things, you pedophile-enabling stooge hack dickdrip of middling intellect: One, schools, universities and government agencies have been mandating vaccines for decades. Two, inciting insurrection against the US government is un-American. What else you got?
— Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger) September 7, 2021
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Dude: you went to school and HAD to be immunized for measles, mumps, rubella and a host of other childhood preventable illnesses. Vaccine mandates have been in place in the US for decades you jackass. You’re either ignorant or know you’re lying. Not a good look.
— Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves) September 7, 2021
In your state these are the mandatory vaccines for kids to go to school. Stop your performative politics.
DTaP/DT Tdap/Td
Diphtheria, Tetanus, PertussisPOLIO
MMR
Measles, Mumps, RubellaHEP B
Hepatitis BVARICELLA
(Chickenpox)MCV4
Meningococcal— Eric Garcia for Congress (@EricG1247) September 7, 2021
— David M. Foody (@DavidFoody) September 7, 2021
By the way, George Washington ordered the inoculation of troops against smallpox. There is nothing anti-American about a vaccine mandate. https://t.co/lcmLlZ2qXF
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) September 7, 2021
Ohio State required vaccinations for a half-dozen diseases when you were a coach there.
But I guess you weren’t too concerned about the well-being of student athletes, were you? https://t.co/JsDmBOvIDc
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) September 7, 2021
Except for:
*Military Service since 1778
*Attending Public Educational Facilities since 1850
*Summer Camps
*International Travel since 1897
*Privately owned Businesses https://t.co/DuBpRxURL3— Chock’lit Gidddyup (@JAMALIGLE) September 7, 2021
Today’s Republican Party has *literally* reached the point where they’re claiming that George Washington was un-American. https://t.co/5bu1I9pbGl
— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) September 7, 2021
These things are easy to Google, so either Jordan is lying to spread the disease intentionally, or he’s one dumb motherfucker. Or both.
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