Rep.-elect Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said Monday that "Congress shouldn't be putting themselves first in line for the COVID-19 vaccination" as many of her soon-to-be colleagues are being vaccinated following the examples of both House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. "Congress shouldn't be putting themselves first in line for the COVID-19 vaccination when the average American can't get it," Mace said in a statement. REP.-ELECT NANCY MACE STILL RECOVERING FROM JUNE CORONAVIRUS BOUT: 'I WAS REALLY, REALLY SICK'Pelosi, 80, and McConnell, 78, received the first of two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday afternoon. THE OPTICS OF GETTING THE COVID-19 VACCINE AT THE CAPITOL"Heartless, arrogant, unelected CDC bureaucrats have decided that the lives of elderly Americans just don’t count. Meanwhile, Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., announced on FOX Business he wouldn’t join his colleagues in getting the coronavirus vaccine.

Source: Fox News December 21, 2020 15:55 UTC