Former President Donald Trump addresses supporters during a \"Save America\" rally at York Family Farms on August 21, 2021 in Cullman, Alabama. Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
Former President Donald Trump told the crowd at an Alabama rally to \"take the vaccines.\"<\/p>\n
This suggestion was met with boos from some of his supporters, a video shows.<\/p>\n
Trump was vaccinated against COVID-19 in January 2021, but the US public didn't learn about it until March.<\/p>\n
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Former President Donald Trump was booed by some of his supporters at a \"Save America\" rally in Cullman, Alabama, on Saturday night after he suggested that they get vaccinated against COVID-19.<\/p>\n
\"I believe totally in your freedoms, I do, you've got to do what you've got to do,\" Trump said to the crowd. \"But I recommend that you take the vaccines.\"<\/p>\n
The former president then told his supporters that the vaccines are \"good\" and once again encouraged them to get a shot.<\/p>\n
This suggestion was met with boos, as can be heard in a video shared by Vox journalist Aaron Rupar.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\"You've got your freedoms,\" Trump responded to the jeers. \"But I happened to take the vaccine.\"<\/p>\n
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Once the booing died down, the former president joked that the crowd would be the \"first to know\" if the COVID-19 vaccines didn't work.<\/p>\n
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Trump's speech follows the news that his allies were trying to get him to run a pro-vaccination campaign, the Daily Beast reported.<\/p>\n
According to the media outlet, Trump was initially reluctant and worried that promoting vaccines would be unpopular with his supporters and help President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n
Trump has previously praised the vaccines, saying that they were \"saving the world,\" but has repeatedly said that people should be able to exercise their \"freedoms,\" Forbes reported.<\/p>\n
The former president got vaccinated at the White House in January 2021, though the American public didn't learn about it until March.<\/p>\n
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