Senator Says It 'May Be True' COVID Vaccine Gives People AIDS

[aubiefifty 18,248]

U.S. Senator Says It 'May Be True' COVID Vaccine Gives People AIDS

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Neal Broverman

Wed, May 4, 2022, 6:30 PM·2 min read

 

 

 

 

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U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin, responded to a man claiming COVID vaccines give people AIDS by telling him "everything you say may be true."

Johnson was speaking to Todd Callendar, who bills himself as an "international lawyer" and "leader of a group trying to stop the Biden regime's effort to destroy the U.S. military via injections of the so-called vaccine that contains HIV." During Callendar and Johnson's conversation on the rightwing video-sharing platform Rumble, Callendar again claimed the various COVID vaccines give users AIDS and that health officials need to be "held accountable."

"You've got more than a hundred doctors here, all of whom will tell you these shots caused vaccine-induced AIDS," Callendar said, even though no reputable doctor has made such a claim. "They purposefully gave people AIDS...this is criminal intent."

 

Johnson interjected, but not to refute Callendar's lies about the vaccines. Instead Johnson said Callendar and other anti-vaxxers have to continually spread falsehoods about the shots so they can convince people they give people HIV or AIDS.

"That's way down the road," Johnson said about criminalizing health officials like Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to the president. "You got to do one step at a time. Everything you say may be true but right now the public views the vaccines as largely safe and effective."

Johnson, up for reelection this year, is one of the most rightwing members of the Senate. He has pushed for the veterinary drug Ivermectin to be used to fight against COVID — though no evidence exists of its efficacy — and he even suggested mouthwash could defeat the disease that has killed nearly 1 million Americans, reports the Wisconsin Examiner.

Johnson's conspiracy theories and delusion have touched on HIV and AIDS before his discussion with Callendar. He infamously said in December that Fauci "overhyped HIV" and AIDS in the 1980s. Over 36 million people have died of AIDS-related complications since the beginning of that pandemic.

Edited May 5, 2022 by aubiefifty

[aubiefifty 18,248]

i remember when we mostly elected our best and brightest and now folks spend more time working on crazy crap like this and undermining dems, they run on fear and hate. and it appears the vast majority if not all are bug eyes crazies.

[DKW 86 7,907]

At least it wasn’t Tuberville saying that….

[aubiefifty 18,248]

i suspect tubs had an ear transplant to get them dumbo's. i am still fond of him as a coach................

[CoffeeTiger 5,874]

Right wing radio and internet talk shows are a cancer to society. 

Rush Limbaugh started it by mainstreaming hatred and bigotry  into the veins of Conservatives every day and he was richly rewarded for it. 

Many have taken up the cause for the attention and money it brings in spreading unfiltered hate and conspiracies to the uneducated, simple minded masses. 

[CoffeeTiger 5,874]

3 hours ago, DKW 86 said:

At least it wasn’t Tuberville saying that….

Red MAGA may say crazy things like "Vaccines give you AIDS, Jewish space lazers!, and Democratic pedophile rings!

but at least they aren't as bad as those disgusting BLUE MAGAS who drone on about wild, crazy ideas such as free education, student debt help, Russian election interference (that's been proven), and immigration reform. 

Really hard to tell a difference between these two groups. 

[jj3jordan 2,171]

3 hours ago, CoffeeTiger said:

Right wing radio and internet talk shows are a cancer to society. 

Rush Limbaugh started it by mainstreaming hatred and bigotry  into the veins of Conservatives every day and he was richly rewarded for it. 

Many have taken up the cause for the attention and money it brings in spreading unfiltered hate and conspiracies to the uneducated, simple minded masses. 

Yes God forbid someone have a different opinion that you.  

[CoffeeTiger 5,874]

20 minutes ago, jj3jordan said:

Yes God forbid someone have a different opinion that you.  

I know. God wouldn't be a fan of what he hears of these shows and programs at all.