George Santos whines that CSPAN is “boring”, says he wants to make politics more “entertaining”
Medical Information Nuanced Accountability Judgement (MINAJ) Act of 2023. The legislation, which has attracted no co-sponsors, establishes a development period for new vaccines to generate public confidence.
It wants “to prohibit the Federal Government from imposing any mandate requiring an individual to receive a vaccine that has not been authorized for marketing for at least 10 years.”Rapper Nicki Minaj famously held off getting the Covid vaccine as she said someone she knew had it and their testicles swelled up (not a known side effect related to the vaccines).Santos was asked about the legislation by CBS reporter Marcia Kramer on The Point on Sunday.“So the MINAJ Act is a medical freedom bill.
It was a creative way… here’s how politics works. Politics is boring,” Santos said.“Who’s Minaj? Is it…?” Kramer asked.“Nicki Minaj,” Santos clarified.“That’s who I thought,” Kramer said. “So why are you naming a bill after [Nicki Minaj]?”“Well, she was very pro-choice on the vaccine situation and didn’t like the mandates of the COVID-19 vaccine,” Santos said, “and the reason I named the bill with some nuance there was simply to make sure that we can get pop culture meets politics and we can harness the energy of a younger generation which necessarily doesn’t enjoy politics or layman people who don’t pay attention to politics and say, oh, politics doesn’t matter, but then you put some pop culture reference in there and you’re opening the doors to politics to a whole new window of people.”Kramer pushed back, saying, “It sounds again like you’re doing your notoriety thing…”“I’m trying to bring more engagement into public policy.
