Republicans cheered the failure of the U.S. to achieve a 90% percent vaccination rate (the U.S. is about 55%) during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, on July 10 (full video below).
Alex Berenson brought the applause with his ignorant and dangerous proclamation, notes The Washington Post:
Dr. Anthony Fauci called their actions “horrifying” while being interviewed on CNN by Jake Tapper on July 11:
CPAC crowd applauds a comment about the U.S. failing to reach a 90% vaccination rate pic.twitter.com/iGX6FD4SaU
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) July 10, 2021
(Source: C-SPAN via Twitter, CNN via Twitter, The Washington Post)