WV Governor: Unvaccinated Will Only Be Pushed To Get a Shot if ‘An Awful Lot of People Die’
Gov. Jim Justice (R-W. Va.) says the only thing that will get unvaccinated Americans to get a shot is if “an awful lot of people die.” ABC’s Martha Raddatz asked Justice during “This Week” what would push those who have…
Gov. Jim justice (R-W. Va.) says the only thing that will get unvaccinated Americans to get a shot is if “an awful lot of people die.”
ABC’s Martha Raddatz asked Justice during “This Week” what would push those who have not been vaccinated “over the edge.”
He replied, “I hate to say this, but what would put them over the edge is if an awful lot of people die.”
Justice explained, “The red states probably have a lot of people that are very, very conservative in their thinking and they think, ‘Well I don’t have to do that.’ But they’re not thinking right.”
He continued, “When it really boils right down to it, they’re in a lottery to themselves. We have a lottery that basically says, ‘If you’re vaccinated, we’re going to give you stuff.’ You’ve got another lottery going on, and it’s the death lottery.”
Watch his comments below:
The Biden administration did not reach its goal of having at least 70% of adult Americans at least partially vaccinated by July 4, as Fox News reports.
Still, the administration came close. Sixty-seven percent of American adults have received at least one shot.
The president still recognized those who have “stepped up to get vaccinated” in his Fourth of July Message, as IJR reported.