we would like it to be more like 90%. the thing you don t need to be as concerned about if you re fully vaccinated is you are going to be greatly protected from hospitalization. separate study also from the cdc yesterday that you mentioned showed that your risk of being hospitalized is almost 29 times higher if you re unvaccinated. we re seeing that here in alabama. most of our patients in the hospital here, 84% are unvaccinated. and all of the pregnant women we re seeing here are unvaccinated. we ve got 40 pregnant women here now at uab. ten in the icu, seven on a ventilator all unvaccinated. let s talk about alabama, your home state, which trails the country in vaccinations, only 36% of residents of alabama are fully vaccinated. do you think the fda approval of the vaccine of the pfizer vaccine will help move the needle? or do there need to be vaccine mandates in your schools, in
races. we are monitoring the gas tax repeal, which will be on the ballot. that is going to be a huge motivator down in orange county. i was just out there. gas is approaching $5 a gallon. i don t see democrats marching in theeets tot. so actually, there is a recall election in a state senate district but overlaps with california s 39th district, the district of retiring congressman ed royce. voters in my district are trying to recall a democrat who s been an ardent supporter of the gas tax, and we ll get very close in the district, might win and recall that state senator. i think that is going to be a harbinger of a republicans enthusiasm i fall. shannon: let s talk about alabama. congresswoman martha roby picked up that seat years ago, not that long ago, and now it looks like tonight and she doesn t make it out of the primary, she s going to have to run against a runoff candidate, someone who she s faced before.
expectations for the republican base that can t really be can t really be gauged. i think that s a big problem which is that, having a mitch mcconnell who looks like he s inefficient on capitol hill continues to hamper the senate or the house s ability to enability the aagenda and it hurts the president. to focus on it and reminds people that republicans can t get this done actually hurts republicans. let s talk about alabama, the president arguably uk say he didn t put his full weight behind luther strange. do you think people in alabama was this a vote against the president or did people kind of think oh he s not really sporting luther strange? i think it was more of a vote between mitch mcconnell and paul ryan and a vote against sort of establishment washington. i think it kind of shows we talked a lot of people think
we ll have a temporary fix. a band aid fix. but republican voters will be upset about this. they will punish republicans. we are going to start primarying some of these rinos. we ll start firing republicans who campaign on one thing and don t deliver. the republican party has been afforded every opportunities. 31 republican governors in this state. you have the house, the senate, the white house. the time for excuses are over. that doesn t mean we ll vote for democrats. it means we ll fire the candidates we very many. judge jeanine: let s talk about alabama. tults day there is a senate race, primary vase between judge roy moore and now senator luther strange. the president goes to alabama supporting athleter strange.
we ll have a temporary fix. a band aid fix. but republican voters will be upset about this. they will punish republicans. we are going to start primarying some of these rinos. we ll start firing republicans who campaign on one thing and don t deliver. the republican party has been afforded every opportunities. 31 republican governors in this state. you have the house, the senate, the white house. the time for excuses are over. that doesn t mean we ll vote for democrats. it means we ll fire the candidates we very many. judge jeanine: let s talk about alabama. tults day there is a senate race, primary vase between judge roy moore and now senator luther strange. the president goes to alabama supporting athleter strange.