Fox News’ Howard Kurtz Asks Corey Lewandowski: Why Isn’t Trump ‘Pushing More Forcefully’ for People to Get Vaccinated?

Fox News’ Howard Kurtz asked Corey Lewandowski on Sunday why former President Donald Trump isn’t “pushing more forcefully” for his supporters to get the vaccine.

Kurtz told the former Trump campaign manager that he does agree “the media never really gave him full credit for creating and carrying out Operation Warp Speed.”

However, he went on to ask, “Why doesn’t he sort of help complete this achievement by pushing more forcefully for many unvaccinated Americans, many of whom support him, to go out and get the shots?”

Lewandowski started by saying, “The president has taken the shot himself. He leads by example.”

Trump got the vaccine in January. He did not announce it at the time, and the public only learned about it from reports in March.

“I don’t know what more he can do,” Lewandowski continued. “It’s not exactly like the Biden administration is asking the president to come out and sit down at the White House. Even if he did, I don’t know if President Trump would do that.”

Kurtz pointed out that Trump could very easily encourage vaccines on his own and “doesn’t need to wait for Joe Biden’s invitation.”

“Howie, he’s led by example! He got the shots, he’s been inoculated, he’s told people to do it,” Lewandowski said.

This segment came hours before Trump issued a statement that not only didn’t forcefully encourage vaccinations, but actually stirred up vaccination opposition. Trump has put out multiple recent statements touting the success of Operation Warp Speed but has not made a bigger push to encourage his vaccine-hesitant supporters to get the shot.

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