.MaddowBlog: To hear Rep. Jordan tell it, 'real' Americans believe that vaccine mandates are at odds with our national traditions, even when history proves otherwise.
We could also point to many examples throughout American history in which key societal institutions — including public schools and the U.S. military — embraced vaccine mandates as a matter of course.
But as relevant as those points are, there's another dimension to this that shouldn't get lost in the political shuffle: When Jordan refers to perfectly American things as"un-American," he's almost certainly not being literal. Rather, the Republican is referring to things he believes are in conflict withIt didn't generate nearly as much attention, but Jordan had a separate tweet yesterday featuring recent footage from a University of Wisconsin football game.
To hear Jordan tell it,"real" Americans agree with him."Real" Americans want to stop worrying about the dangerous contagion filling hospitals and overwhelming morgues."Real" Americans no longer care about curtailing the pandemic. And"real" Americans believe that vaccine mandates are at odds with our national traditions, even when history proves otherwise.
Jordan, like so many of his allies, apparently wants to be the arbiter of patriotism, and those who see the world through different eyes don't qualify.
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