GOP Sen. Ben Sasse praises Biden’s purchase of 500M Pfizer vaccines to share globally
Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) on Thursday praised the Biden administration’s decision to purchase 500 million doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to share with countries around the world, calling the decision the “right move.”
The big picture: Their statements represent a rare moment of praise of Biden by Republicans.
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What they’re saying: “Health diplomacy is a smart investment and buying these vaccines is the right move. America should have an aggressive strategy to vaccinate a billion people around the world this year,” Sasse said in a statement.
Graham said in a statement that the “roughly $3.5 billion required to purchase and distribute 500 million doses of vaccine will help prevent a reemergence of the COVID-19 virus which makes America and the world safer.”
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with Graham’s statement.
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