Meanwhile, also in my state @MIGOP legislators kept trying to make measles great again in my state. 9/https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/make-measles-great-again-a-case-study-of-the-politicization-of-school-vaccine-requirements-in-michigan/ …
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I witnessed this dynamic at work in my own Congressional district last year during the
@MIGOP primaries. One candidate for the nomination in my district held an antivax confab. 10/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2018/08/03/jeff-noble-kerry-bentivolio-host-antivax/ …1 reply 1 retweet 7 likesShow this thread -
Worse, my then-state senator was antivax as hell, my state rep was well on his way to becoming antivax. Fortunately, neither are in office anymore.
@pjcolbeck was term limited, and@Vote_Jeff_Noble lost to@koleszar_matt. 11/1 reply 1 retweet 7 likesShow this thread -
So successful was the antivax movement at linking their beliefs with conservative beliefs in freedom and parental rights plus right wing antipathy against government regulation, increasingly,
@GOP candidates felt they had to pander to antivaxers, lest they be primaried. 12/1 reply 1 retweet 7 likesShow this thread -
We even saw this dynamic in the
@GOP presidential primaries in 2016.@ChrisChristie,@realDonaldTrump,@RandPaul, and@SecretaryCarson all pandered to antivaxers, even during the debates. 13/https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/donald-trump-and-the-dangerous-vaccine-politics-of-the-2016-presidential-race/ …1 reply 1 retweet 6 likesShow this thread -
Of course, Rand Paul didn't just pander. He really is an antivaxer. 14/
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In any event, this alignment led to the
@GOP becoming the only one of the two major parties where antivaxers now feel at home. 14/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2019/04/19/gop-has-become-antivaxer/ …1 reply 1 retweet 9 likesShow this thread -
Sure, there are left wing antivaxers; e.g.,
@marwilliamson,@RobertKennedyJr,@DrJillStein,@RobSchneider. However,@TheDemocrats treat them as fringe, as they should. Dems don't have to pander to antivaxers to win nominations to run for their party. 15/2 replies 1 retweet 8 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @gorskon @marwilliamson and
Dr. Stein isn't an anti-vaxxer. Her concerns have been with corporate influence on the FDA. The Union of Concerned Scientists polls FDA scientists, and even they found reason for concern. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-green-party-candidate-jill-stein-anti-vaccine/ …
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Replying to @loopnotdefined @gorskon and
Further, both Obama and Clinton cast doubts on vaccines in 2008 on the campaign trail.https://www.salon.com/2008/05/05/vaccine_pandering/ …
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And they screwed up when they did so. https://respectfulinsolence.com/2008/04/22/hillary-clinton-and-barack-obama-descend/ …
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