Republican presidential candidate Governor Ron DeSantis (FL) said he would oppose more funding for COVID-19 vaccines if elected president.
Speaking to ABC News, DeSantis said, “Certainly, we’re not going to fund them.”
The position opposes Biden’s, who recently asked Congress for more funding for new COVID-19 vaccines.
“How good has CDC done, with all due respect, over the last few years?” DeSantis asked.
“How many people trust CDC at this point? And I was somebody five years ago, you would have said CDC said this, that would have carried a lot of weight for me. I was in the trenches during COVID. They were citing flimsy studies saying that masks will stop COVID. They were citing flimsy studies about the mRNA shots.”
DeSantis added, “We’re going to have a reckoning about all these COVID policies. We’re going to hold people accountable who got it wrong, people that clung to the lockdowns, people that clung to the school closures.”
Reporting from LifeSite:
As governor, DeSantis and his administration have criticized the COVID jabs and recently warned against booster shots for anyone under the age of 65. He also opposed COVID mandates, including mask and jab requirements. “I will not stand by and let the FDA and CDC use healthy Floridians as guinea pigs for new booster shots that have not been proven to be safe or effective,” DeSantis said in September. “Once again, Florida is the first state in the nation to stand up and provide guidance based on truth, not Washington edicts.”
