(ChurchLeaders) Former president Donald Trump was booed at a rally on Aug. 21, 2021, after urging his supporters to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Meanwhile, Florida governor. Ron DeSantis, who has supported getting the vaccine while opposing vaccine mandates, is bringing attention to another type of preventive measure: monoclonal antibody treatment.
“You know what? I believe totally in your freedoms, I do,” said Trump Saturday at a rally in Cullman, Ala. “You got to do what you have to do, but I recommend, take the vaccines. I did it. It’s good.”
Even as he recommended getting the vaccine, the former president downplayed that advice, emphasizing the validity of personal freedom. “Take the vaccines, but you got…” he continued, as the crowd started booing. “No, that’s okay,” he went on, “that’s all right. You got your freedoms. But I happened to take the vaccine. If it doesn’t work, you’ll be the first to know, okay. I’ll call up Alabama and say, ‘Hey, you know what?’ But it is working. But you do have your freedoms….You have to maintain that. And you got to get your kids back to school.”