vaccinated and writing president biden should be applauded for his administration s vaccine efforts. that shift in tone coincides with the delta vary yants tearing across the u.s. hitting conservative lee eaning states especially hard where vaccination rates are the lowest in the country. it s safe and effective. i wanted to show the picture to encourage medium. reporter: some republican lawmakers are being more outspoken to encourage people to get the shots. steve scalise announced he got first dose on sunday after seeing the covid scases rise. i was ready to get the vaccine. i always felt it was safe and effective. reporter: in his stats of louisiana la, only 30% of people are fully vaccinated an the daily case rate is three times the national average. mitch mcconnell who survived polio and advocated for people to get vaccinated did not mince words this week.