University of Virginia cuts 238 students from its rolls after they failed to comply with the university's vaccination policy, school officials confirm to ABC News.
Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told Fox News Channel host Laura Ingraham that"African-Americans who have not been vaccinated" are the"the biggest group in most states" driving the spike in COVID-19 cases, during a Thursday interview.
Patrick doubled down on his comment, adding that"over 90% of them vote for Democrats and their major cities and major counties." "It's up to the Democrats to get -- just as it's up to Republicans to try to get as many people vaccinated," he said."In terms of criticizing the Republicans for this, we are encouraging people who want to take it to take it, but they are doing nothing for the African-American community that has significant high number of unvaccinated."
NAACP President Derrick Johnson pushed back in a statement:"Lt. Governor Dan Patrick lives in an alternate reality, where facts don’t matter," Johnson said. "He’s delusional. Black Texans are not the driving force behind the surge of COVID cases in Texas. His statement is not only baseless, it’s racist. Falsely casting blame on the Black community is one of the oldest tricks in the book, and we expect better from an elected official.”
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