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Timing matters? You jumped on Trump for his missteps in early 2020 even though he was the lone voice calling for banning of flights from China. And for his early trust in Fauci who had been in his position for decades and praised by everyone in government.

Why really are you so protective of Tulsi Gabbard?

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“You jumped on Trump for his missteps in early 2020” — I’m not sure what you’re referring to here. The clip I referenced regarding his pro-vaxx stance was from his Candace Owens appearance two months ago. He then doubled-down at one of his rallies and got booed by the audience. He has denied the existence of any vaxx injuries/deaths, a level of ignorance that seems impossible to sustain given the circles he travels in. It could certainly be obliviousness—or that million-dollar Pfizer donation (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/17/corporations-gave-millions-donald-trump-inauguration/98056554/). Interestingly, I heard Trump was in talks with RFK Jr. regarding vaccine safety concerns prior to that donation, and those talks suddenly stopped …

As I’ve said elsewhere, I’m not protective of Tulsi at all and am happy to call her out for any evidence of hypocrisy.

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On an interview last year RFK Jr spoke about the time when Trump approached him. Was one of those moments when Donald was transitioning from Citizen Trump to Politician Trump. Supposedly afterwards Trump met with the king himself Bill Gates who quickly told him nothing to see there. The next day Pfizer sent him a million dollar donation for his inauguration and that was that. Bobby and Del Bigtree did get a chance to meet with the big boys at NIH where they asked Fauci and Co if any double blind controlled safety studies were ever conducted for vaccines. Their answer was there are none and there never will be. That’s what we call following the science in the 21st Century.

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Yep, I remember hearing that about Trump, too. I didn’t know about the NIH meeting—wow, I’m amazed they got a meeting with them at all, let alone that admission. Do you happen to have a link with that information?

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I will try to locate it in the Highwire archives. Del has mentioned it on more than one occasion.

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Thanks, Jeff! No worries if it’s too much trouble.

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