Republican Sen. Ron Johnson has repeatedly spread anti-vaccine misinformation. But just last year, the Wisconsin senator attacked Democrats on the issue, saying that undermining confidence in a vaccine for Covid-19 would cost deaths.
Johnson made his comments in October 2020 on Wisconsin local radio when discussing the vice presidential debate between then-Vice President Mike Pence and then-Sen. Kamala Harris. Harris had said she wouldn't take a vaccine on the word of President Donald Trump alone, only if it was recommended by medical authorities. "If she could actually experience shame -- and I'm not sure any Democrat can -- she should have been ashamed of herself," Johnson said.
Alexa Henning, Johnson's spokesman, told CNN he was pro-vaccine. Read More"As the senator has previously stated, he is pro-vaccine. He was a big supporter of Operation Warp Speed. Like everyone, he wants the pandemic to end and hopes the vaccine will play a key role in ending it."Harris' comments were first made in September 2020, when she was asked by CNN's Dana Bash whether she would get a vaccine that was approved and distributed before the election.
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