No, ‘60% of Republicans’ Are Not Unvaccinated – By Rebecca Downs (Townhall) / December 30, 2021
On Thursday, Twitter had “60% of Republicans” trending, noting that “Data from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that out of those who remained unvaccinated against COVID-19 in October, 60% were Republicans and 17% were Democrats.”
Including two images in one tweet skews it, so here are the original posts as to why 60% of Republicans is trending versus why Twitter says it’s trending. pic.twitter.com/r6WMaLyvYa
— Rebecca Downs🇺🇸🟦🇮🇱 (@RebeccaRoseGold) December 30, 2021
The trend was largely due to a tweet from Ian Bremmer, a political scientist and president and founder of the Eurasia Group. His tweet appears to suggest that 60 percent of Republicans are unvaccinated, which he does not cite. Bremmer, with almost 593,000 followers on Twitter, has quite the platform.
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