President Donald Trump on Monday launched a furious tweet accusing drug company Pfizer of deliberately waiting until after the U.S. presidential election to announce the promising early results of its COVID-19 vaccine trials.
Pfizer on Monday said its experimental coronavirus vaccine had succeeded in the final stage of clinical trials: The shot was found to be more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19, the company said, a milestone in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Pfizer is a private business, and not a government organization, but that didn’t stop Trump from his baseless attack, speculating on Twitter that Democrats and even the US Food and Drug Administration “didn’t want to have me get a Vaccine WIN, prior to the election.”
“As I have long said, @Pfizer and the others would only announce a Vaccine after the Election, because they didn’t have the courage to do it before. Likewise, the @US_FDA should have announced it earlier, not for political purposes, but for saving lives!” Trump tweeted.
“The @US_FDA and the Democrats didn’t want to have me get a Vaccine WIN, prior to the election, so instead it came out five days later – As I’ve said all along!” he added.
Twitter users quickly fired back:
As I have long said, @Pfizer and the others would only announce a Vaccine after the Election, because they didn’t have the courage to do it before. Likewise, the @US_FDA should have announced it earlier, not for political purposes, but for saving lives!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 10, 2020
The @US_FDA and the Democrats didn’t want to have me get a Vaccine WIN, prior to the election, so instead it came out five days later – As I’ve said all along!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 10, 2020
Look at you. You’re pathetic. A desperate, lying buffoon with not even an ounce of self-respect. I’m embarrassed for you…
— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) November 10, 2020
Donald Trump acts like he personally created the vaccine. In reality he had nothing to do with it. And a man who’s negligence and disregard for human life has contributed to 240,000 deaths doesn’t deserve the honor of being able to distribute a COVID19 vaccine.
— MURRAY🧢🇺🇸 (@murray_nyc) November 10, 2020
YESSSSS! You’re right EVERYONE is against you!!!! pic.twitter.com/021mZWqR22
— MichaelRapaport (@MichaelRapaport) November 10, 2020
Pfizer didn’t get any funding from the government for creating the vaccine. So you have nothing to do with this.
— Mrs. Krassenstein (@HKrassenstein) November 10, 2020
@realDonaldTrump's STING of DELUSIONAL Tweets this evening are DISTURBING in the EXTREME
He has TRULY LOST TOUCH with "REALITY"
Who ELSE agrees that it's time for @jack @TwitterSupport to CONSIDER DISABLING His Account as EVERYTHING he is TWEETING is demonstrably FALSE?? ✋✋✋
— The Resistor Sister ♥️🇺🇸🦅🙏🏻 (@the_resistor) November 10, 2020
Well, well, well…lol
Fox News reporter tells the TRUTH about poll/ballot counting Republican watchers on live TV pic.twitter.com/NOaiJ06jIX— Rowicz (@Rowvitch2012) November 10, 2020
Does it burn you more that Pfizer took no federal money to help develop the vaccine or that the impotency drug you undoubtedly use regularly helped fund the vaccine your WH had absolutely nothing to do with?
— Lacey Vorrasi-Banis (@LaceyBanis) November 10, 2020
