New York Rep. George Santos introduced a new bill named after Nicki Minaj, dubbed the Minaj Bill, based in part on her 2021 tweets about vaccine concerns.
It’s been almost two years since Nicki Minaj’s controversial COVID-19 vaccine tweets but the rapper’s skepticism shown in said tweets continue to inspire the far-right in Congress.
Congressman George Santos formally introduced a bill aimed at curtailing state vaccination requirements, called the Medical Information Nuanced Accountability Judgement Act, or the MINAJ Act for short.
The legislation prohibits the federal government from enforcing a state requirement that a person receives an unauthorized vaccine for at least 10 years unless a public health emergency is declared.
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It should be noted that every vaccine has already been thoroughly tested before being released to the public. This includes COVID-19 vaccines that have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use and then officially approved during a public health emergency.
The news was first reported on Twitter the day before by Kadia Goba, a political reporter for Semaphore.
“Ahem. Rep George Santos just dropped seven bills in the hopper,” Goba tweeted. “Among them, The Minaj Act, named for — yes, you guessed it — rapper Nicki Minaj that establishes a development period for new vaccines in order to generate public confidence.”
My cousin in Trinidad won’t get the vaccine cuz his friend got it & became impotent. His testicles became swollen. His friend was weeks away from getting married, now the girl called off the wedding. So just pray on it & make sure you’re comfortable with ur decision, not bullied
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) September 13, 2021
Although medical professionals – including Dr. Anthony Fauci and Trinidad’s Health Minister Terrence Dealsing – have debunked the notion of swollen testicles as a side effect of the vaccine, Minaj’s questioning has become a sticking point for right-wing figures such as Tucker Carlson, who used the star’s name in tweets with the other.
An excuse to question the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines.
Now the first openly gay Republican elected to Congress is being pulled from the same toolbox with the Minaj Act.
