Scott decries 'racist response' to BIPOC vaccine eligibility April 5, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail In this photo provided by the State of Vermont, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott, center, receives a COVID-19 vaccine as his wife, Diana McTeague Scott, right, looks on, Monday, April 5, 2021, at Montpelier High School, in Montpelier, Vt. Scott, a Republican, and his wife got the single-dose Johnson & Johnson shot at a state-run clinic at the school. (Jason Maulucci/State of Vermont via AP)Jason Maulucci/AP MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Gov. Phil Scott on Monday condemned the “racist response” to his administration's decision to make Black, indigenous, and people of color of any age eligible for a coronavirus vaccine before residents of other races.