vaccine roll out, there were all sorts of things that made it possible. we had scientists at a great university, my own, as it happens, who produced an affordable room temperature vaccine, and then did a fantastic deal with the uk government by which we were able to send about 1.5 billion doses, at cost, around the world. we had the nhs to put it into our arms, all the army of council workers, the volunteers, everybody who helped, but we had one other thing that made those vaccines possible, my friends, and you know what it is, it was something that many of you represent, all of you represent, and thatis represent, all of you represent, and that is free market capitalism. free market capitalism, the willingness to spend massive sums, and risk, on something that might never come off. and we had great companies, astrazeneca, i direct lineal descendant of ici and others, we had pfizer, moderna and others,
i know there s space for me in the naacp, i belong to the tea party in texas, but i ve been beginning to feel there s not space for me there. thank you for speaking up and making sure there will always be a place for people like me in the tea party. that s what we do as the naacp. we re not in this for party, we re in this for what s right and what s moral. was this considered a year ago, as this thing sort of mushroomed out of nowhere, blossomed out of nowhere, was there a thought that you needed to say something as an organization last year, and if not, why take the time that you did to say something? we come together once a year for this process. we ve been doing it for 101 years. people come from all over the country. there s a whole process for months that leads up to it. this was this resolution was brought to us by people here in the state of missouri who deeply disturbed, you know, feeling attacked, feeling slandered, and also knowing that the council of conservative ci