Rep. Byron Donalds: ‘I’m Not Getting Vaccinated Because I Don’t Want To’

Rep. Byron Donalds: ‘I’m Not Getting Vaccinated Because I Don’t Want To’
Rep.-elect Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) arrives to the Hyatt Regency hotel on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Nov. 12, 2020. Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images
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Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) says the Biden administration shouldn’t pressure people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, and he won’t get the vaccine because it’s his own decision as a “free-thinking human being.”

“Listen, I’m 42 years old. I had COVID-19. I’m not getting vaccinated, because I don’t want to,” Donalds told “Fox and Friends” on July 18. “That is my own decision as a free-thinking human being. I don’t want to do it. I don’t want the shot. You have millions of Americans who are like that. Leave us alone.”