
Mitch McConnell Gets COVID-19 Booster On Same Day As Biden: 'Easy Decision'
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The Senate GOP leader cited "mountains of evidence" showing coronavirus vaccines are safe and effective.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said that he had received his coronavirus booster shot on Monday, telling Americans that “mountains of evidence” show the vaccines are safe and effective.
The announcement came hours after President Joe Biden received his third COVID-19 shot live on camera and days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed booster shots for millions of people in the U.S. who received their second shot of the Pfizer vaccine at least six months ago.
McConnell, 79, has been one of the most outspoken proponents of the coronavirus vaccine among GOP lawmakers. In a Senate floor speech Monday afternoon, he said it was an “easy decision” to get vaccinated given his childhood experience with polio before a vaccine was available for it.