The videos Thursday are just the latest public initiative by former presidents not to include Donald Trump.
All living former presidents and first ladies — with the exception of Donald and Melania Trump — appear in a public service announcement released Thursday urging Americans to get vaccinated against the novel coronavirus.
The video shows Barack and Michelle Obama, George W. and Laura Bush, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter receiving their shots. Another video, filmed at Arlington National Cemetery, features former Presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton encouraging vaccination.
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The PSAs were produced by the Ad Council and COVID Collaborative as part of their Covid-19 Vaccine Education Initiative’s “It’s Up To You” campaign, and the project specifically featuring the former presidents and first ladies began last December.
The videos Thursday are just the latest public initiative by former presidents not to include Donald Trump, who left office in January upon the inauguration of President Joe Biden.
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The release of the vaccination PSAs comes after several news outlets reported this month that Donald and Melania Trump received their coronavirus vaccinations privately at the White House in January.
Asked whether Donald Trump was invited to participate in the new videos, a spokesperson for the Ad Council reiterated that the project started last year and that one of the videos was filmed on Inauguration Day, when Trump was not in attendance.
“We just learned last week that President Trump did get vaccinated and were so pleased he advised Americans to ‘go get your shot,’” the spokesperson said in a statement.
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