Matt Gaetz & Witness Clash Over ‘White Batch’ Tweet, Jordan & Cicilline Clash Over Garland
On 12/1/2021, Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz started with a innocent question as a trap, “Is there a different chemical composition for vaccines in white neighborhoods as opposed to non-white neighborhoods?” Witness Jacqui Patterson dismissed the question, saying she had no basis to “even begin to evaluate that question. Gaetz then asked, “Is there something called a ‘white batch’ of vaccines as opposed to a batch of vaccines that would be intended for non-white people?” Patterson replied, “Not that I’ve heard of.”
Gaetz then referenced a tweet from Patterson. Patterson first plays it off as a joke. “So there’s a whole strain of commentary that we had following from that about how it was a shame that we even have to think in these types of terms,” Patterson said. Gaetz then referenced a follow-up tweet on the same post from Patterson, where she wrote that she was “barely joking, because it’s real.” “Are white batches real?” Gaetz pressed. “As I said before … the reference was putting in context this larger conversation about the differential access to affordable and quality healthcare in our communities,” she replied. “It shouldn’t be take literally.”
Gaetz, “You gave testimony today about your concern over the monopolistic sharing of information, about the criticality of the input of public interest groups, about how we have to stop the politicization of agency decisions — do you think it damages public health and do you think it damages the credibility of public interest groups like yours when you put out that your personal vaccination plan is to go to the whitest neighborhood so that you can ensure that your dose comes from the whitest batch?” he asked.
“Absolutely not,” Patterson replied. Gaetz asked again, “Do you think that being facetious about race-based vaccination issues in dangerous?” Gaetz asks if she regrets her tweet and comments, She doesn’t.
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From the whitest batch? I want white batch too, where do I go? facetious House hearing