Tucker takes a look at the life of Colin Powell and the shared ideals that once unified our nation, now divided over vaccine mandates. Highlights include:
“General Colin Powell died today at the age of 84. What a life that was.”
“In his later years, Powell became enmeshed in partisan politics, younger people may remember him for that, but for most of his life, he was much bigger than mere politics. If you’re old enough to recall the first Gulf War, you know that Colin Powell was one of the last public officials that most officials believed in.”
“Powell’s life, his stories, he would confirm everything that was good about this country.”
“Powell’s success meant that our system worked. Our system was meritocratic at the time. It elevated the best. Thirty years ago, our meritocracy was the country’s unifying principal. All Americans were proud of it. Colin Powell embodied it.”
“A lot has changed in the years since, and that’s one of the reasons that Colin Powell’s death tonight was so poignant.”
“Former CDC director Robert Redfield announced just today that about 40% of all recent covid deaths, in the state of Maryland, for example, are among those who have had both shots.”
“So, what does that tell you exactly?”
“Well, it tells you you’ve been lied to. Vaccines may be highly useful for some people, but across the population they do not solve covid. That’s not speculation, it is an observable fact.”
“From the very beginning, demagogues like Joe Biden and many others have used this virus as a hammer to smash the bonds that connect Americans to one another. During last year’s presidential campaign, Joe Biden repeatedly and always with a straight face told us that every single American who died from covid died because of Donald Trump’s negligence. Just look at the data, Biden said.”
“But there were no data.”
“That was false, and yet no public health official contradicted Joe Biden. Now Biden is telling us that the only reason people are still dying is because stubborn, mostly working-glass Americans won’t submit to his shot.”
“’It’s a patriotic duty to follow my instructions which are completely disconnected from any actual science or medical guidance.'”
“There’s no evidence that works, there never has been any evidence that works, and yet Joe Biden just told you if you don’t do what he says, you’re a bad American. Okay, he must really mean it — does he? Well, let’s see. This weekend Joe Biden and his wife strolled through an upscale restaurant in Washington without wearing masks … why? Because masks are for servants.”
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