Trump Booed At His Own Rally For Finally Telling The Truth About Something

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The most honest moment of Donald Trump’s Saturday night rally came when he gently urged his followers to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Some people in the crowd booed him for it.

It started out well enough. The crowd in Cullman, Alabama ― which declared a COVID-19 emergency just days before the rally ― cheered when the former president suggested it was OK to pass on the shot.

“I believe totally in your freedoms,” Trump said. “You gotta do what you have to do.”

The tone shifted with his next line.

“But I recommend — take the vaccines,” he said. “I did it, it’s good!”

And that’s when the crowd briefly turned on him:

Trump advises his audience in Alabama to take the Covid vaccine pic.twitter.com/aaxQfnnxoh — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 22, 2021

Trump was vaccinated back in January when he was still in the White House, but he said nothing about it publicly at the time.

His comments about the vaccines on Saturday marked the second time that the crowd turned on a speaker.

Earlier that evening, they booed Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) when he told them to stop being “despondent” over Trump’s loss and put the 2020 election results “behind you.”

“Look forward, look forward, look forward,” Brooks said.

Oh boy. Mo Brooks suggested, in seriousness, that those in attendance should accept the results of the 2020 election and move on to the next one

… needless to say it did not go well and he nearly lost the crowd 😮 pic.twitter.com/1htgV3QAgm — Ryan Phillips (@JournoRyan) August 22, 2021

Twitter users were more than a little amused by the jeers ― especially the ones against Trump:

If you ever wondered, "What would get Trump booed at a Trump rally?," you have your answer. https://t.co/E8u5dXi08m — Jay Nordlinger (@jaynordlinger) August 22, 2021

Anyone looking for the edge of Trumpism just found it: Trump recommends the #COVID19 vaccine to a massive Alabama rally crowd, only to get shouted down with boos from the audience.

Not even Donald himself can get these folks on board with the vaccine. — Max Burns (@themaxburns) August 22, 2021

Trump getting booed at his own rally for promoting vaccines only proves one thing.

They’re not there because they love him, they’re there because they hate the rest of us. — connectpoliticditto. (@cpoliticditto) August 22, 2021

Donald Trump told people at his rally they should get vaccinated. Then he got booed.

And populist that he is, he bravely told people that they should also keep their freedom.

Freedom & vaccines are now defined as opposites. Discourse that makes everyone’s job harder. 8/ — Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉 (@ASlavitt) August 23, 2021

Trump was booed at his own rally in Alabama last night for telling people to get the vaccine — demonstrating the effect of repeated lies from Fox News but also how Trump really is led more by his supporters. — Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) August 22, 2021

"Mob boss" loses control of the mob. https://t.co/YKYd36tzkM — Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) August 22, 2021

Alice_Buttons on August 23rd, 2021 at 10:30 UTC »

What did he expect? He downplayed covid so he could get re-elected. Regardless of what he truly believes it's too late. And as we've all been witnessing, there's no shortage of republican politicians who are more than happy to spew their anti-science propaganda.

ViceGeography on August 23rd, 2021 at 08:18 UTC »

Trump now officially also part of the deep state conspiracy against Trump

466923142 on August 23rd, 2021 at 08:14 UTC »

Those morons will enthusiastically take the vaccine if Fox News tells them that being anti vaccine is a Democrat plot to reduce the number of Republican voters.