masking guidelines, signing an executive order leaving it up to parents to decide if their kids should wear masks in schools. these kids are in school. they have the masks on. when they go out of school and hang out, do you think they re wearing the masks when they re at each other s homes? of course not. so it is terribly uncomfortable, and it s something that a lot o about. reporter: all of this despite the government s push to get more americans to vaccinate and wear masks indoors. what these republican leaders are doing is very detrimental to people s health because they are actively discouraging them from doing the very things that will protect their health. reporter: meantime, other republican leaders like senate minority leader mitch mcconnell are pushing americans to get vaccinated. mcconnell narrating this radio ad in his home state of kentucky, recalling his own battle with polio. every american should take advantage of this miracle and get vaccinated. it s the only
minority leader mitch mcconnell are pushing americans to get vaccinated. mcconnell narrating this new radio ad in his home state of kentucky, recalling his own battle with polio. every american should take advantage of this miracle and get vaccinated. it s the only way we re going to defeat covid. this is not complicated. reporter: alabama s republican governor, kay ivey, whose state has some of the lowest vaccination rates, has been more blunt about who s responsible for the spikes in new covid cases. it s time to stop blamining now some of the unvaccinated and their loved ones are saddled with crushing pain and regret. william thomas ball from mississippi and his wife, alicia, nationally decided not to get vaccinated. alicia has since gotten the shot, but her husband s case of covid has kept him in the hospital for three weeks. he means so much to our family. he s the rock of our family. we just want him to get better
mcconnell narrating this radio ad in his home state of kentucky recalling his own battle with polio. every american should take advantage of this miracle and get vaccinated. it s the only way to defeat covid. this is not complicated. alabama s republican governor kay ivy whose state has some of the lowest vaccination rates has been more blunt who is responsible for the spikes in new covid cases. time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not the regular folks. it s the unvaccinated folks letting us down. now some of the unvaccinated and their loved ones are saddled with crushing pain and regret. william thomas ball from mississippi and his wife alisha initially decided not to get vaccinated. alisha has since gotten the shot but her husband s case of covid has kept him in the hospital for three weeks. he means so much to our family. he s the world of our family. we just want him to get better and come home. christie carpenter and her family were he issitant to get
maybe, it is it might be too late. i don t know. i hope it s not. i really do. but i m really worried that it s too late. so, those republicans. republicans, like west virginia governor, jim justice, who has been strong on vaccinations, from the very beginning. now, he says the delta variant is coming, and coming faster. and he goes on to say this. for crying out loud, you ve got to get yourself vaccinated. that s just all there is to it. there s mitch mcconnell, who well, now, who s said, all along, that people should get vaccinated, right? he put out a radio ad. he is urging people urging people in kentucky to get the shot and recalling his bout with polio, as a young boy. that should be a lesson to all of you. he is saying that. but listen to what he told larry kudlow on fox business.
got to get yourself vaccinated. that s just all there is to it. there s mitch mcconnell, who now, who has said all along that people should get vaccinated, right? he put out a radio ad. he is urging people, urging people in kentucky to get the shot and recalling his bout with polio as a young boy. that should be a lesson to all of you. he is saying that. listen to what he told larry kudlow on fox business. honestly, it never occurred to me we would have difficulty getting people to take the vaccine. it never occurred to him? really? never? really? let s think about this, okay? put your partisan hat asaid. to think that you would have to think about the whole terrible history of this pandemic. from the very beginning, the