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Caption Speaker of the House David Ralston has unveiled a sweeping $75 million proposal to confront escalating crime, especially in metro Atlanta. Credit: Riley Bunch, GPB News
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Political Rewind: Speaker of the House David Ralston has unveiled a sweeping $75 million proposal to confront escalating crime, especially in metro Atlanta. The plan includes bonuses for local law enforcement officers and an increase in funding for law enforcement agencies as well as for an expansion of mental health services. Democratic House members said they’ll work with Ralston on his plan even as they recognize it’s part of a GOP effort to use crime-fighting as a wedge issue in the 2022 election cycle.
July 22, 2021
Vaccination rates among conservatives have lagged behind liberals. Nationwide, only about 57% of people over 12 are fully vaccinated.
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As the Delta variant surges across the country, the calls for Americans to get vaccinated are growing louder and more Republicans are joining in. I would encourage people to get the vaccine. I have high confidence in it. I got it myself, said House Republican Whip Steve Scalise. This is not complicated. 97% of the people who are in the hospital now for COVID are unvaccinated. So if there s anybody out there willing to listen: Get vaccinated, said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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As the delta variant of the coronavirus spreads through the United States, the possibility of lockdowns is looming.
On Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, hinted that lockdowns might return if more people don t get vaccinated.
“These shots need to get in everybody’s arms as rapidly as possible, or we re going to be back in a situation in the fall that we don’t yearn for that we went through last year,” McConnell said.
A welcome vaccine push from GOP, Fox Some conservative leaders acknowledge vaccines are safe, effective.
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Nearly a year and a half into the most serious pandemic in modern times, a growing number of conservative leaders are at long last urging followers to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Among the most notable is Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who startled many with his open endorsement of the vaccines at a news conference this week. Those shots need to get in everybody s arm as rapidly as possible, or we re going to be back in the situation in the fall that we don t yearn for, that we went through last ye
As Covid surges, more US Republicans urging vaccinations
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23/07/2021 - 03:50 As US Covid infections soar once again and millions of Republicans remain skeptical about vaccinations, members of the House GOP Doctors Caucus stressed to anyone who would listen that vaccines are safe and effective ALEX WONG GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP 4 min
Washington (AFP)
With Delta variant infections spiking across the United States, growing numbers of Republican officials and lawmakers have joined the chorus of support for coronavirus vaccinations, swatting aside conspiracies that have left millions of Americans unprotected.
Covid-19 deaths and hospitalization rates are rising nationwide, with the vast majority of new fatalities and serious cases among the unvaccinated.