Donald Trump took to Twitter on Monday morning to announce in all-caps that a COVID-19 vaccine is coming soon that’s 90% effective. And while that is true, the company, Pfizer, did not work with Operation Warp Speed. Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla told Dr. Sanjay Gupta, “The vaccine will be available for free to all American citizens,” so that is good news for a change. President-elect Joe Biden’s team has already announced the group of public health experts that will make up his coronavirus advisory board.
As Biden springs into action to take on the pandemic, Donald Trump Jr. suggested that the pharma company timed its announcement to damage his father.
“The timing of this is pretty amazing,” he tweeted. “Nothing nefarious about the timing of this at all right?”
The timing of this is pretty amazing. Nothing nefarious about the timing of this at all right? 🙄 https://t.co/nS5rkywKXT
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) November 9, 2020
Twitter users pounced.
As someone who was part of the Pfizer vaccine study (phase 3), that’s been their timeline all along. Results by late October, then pushed back to early/mid November.
Trying to politicize this is both sad and disgusting. But I guess that’s par for the course for Trump’s spawn.
— Bryan 🇺🇸 #WeVotedOutFascism (@swimmerbr78) November 9, 2020
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Just imagine being this self-centered.
— Dreamweasel (@Dreamweasel) November 9, 2020
This is why Junior is so mad. It was never about helping people – it was always about having a shiny win to use politically.
It backfired.
— Rich Swinton 🇺🇸 (@RicoSuaveJD) November 9, 2020
The vaccine that shows promise is the one that completely avoided your Dad’s influence. Perfect
— Grudgie the Whale (@grudging1) November 9, 2020
Best part:https://t.co/5WR1KfOwNr
— Rich Swinton 🇺🇸 (@RicoSuaveJD) November 9, 2020
Stay salty…
— 🍑🍑LetsGetThisSenate🍑🍑 (@TrumpNewsPolls) November 9, 2020
Imagine the amount of deaths that could have been prevented had Donald Trump not downplayed it right.
— COG (@ApexonAnarchy) November 9, 2020
Hey, is your GF still doing $5 lap dances for donations?
— American Son (@Krustofski_) November 9, 2020
The grift is over, Junior. Donald Trump owes $900 million in loans, and half of the debt will be due at the start of 2021. And Trump was just fired from his job.
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