Shaquille O’Neal Speaks Out AGAINST Vaccine Mandates In Fiery Exchange With Liberal Reporter
Shaquille O’Neal, the NBA icon, said nobody “should be forced” to take a vaccine and got into a heated exchange with a reporter.
Speaking on his podcast, Shaq said, “Look, I encourage everyone to be safe and take care of your family; I do. But there are still some people that don’t want to take it. And you shouldn’t have to be forced to take something you don’t want.”
CBS reporter Nischelle Turner was on the podcast with Shaq and argued in favor of vaccine mandates, alleging they do not truly force people to get vaccinated.
Shaq fired back, “It is forced. Because if the man don’t take it, the man gonna get fired.”
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Shaq comes out against vaccine mandates on his podcast. I have gained so much respect for many different people in public positions who have had the courage to stand up for individual freedoms despite all the pressures against doing so. pic.twitter.com/Uig6Rz7q1D
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) February 4, 2022
O’Neal went on to discuss a hypothetical situation where a coworker of Turner would be pressured to get vaccinated. He said, “I’m gonna probably get in trouble for this. Say Nischelle, your sound guy at ‘ET’ been working there 10 years. That [job is] all you know. Let’s just say ‘ET’ puts out a new policy: If you don’t get the vaccination, you’re going to lose your job,” O’Neal said, adding that he believes that people have to choose between preserving their livelihoods or “going against [their] morals”.
In response, Turner stated that she “wholeheartedly disagrees” with O’Neal and added, “You’re not just affecting yourself, you’re putting the public at risk and it’s a public health issue.”
“You work for a private company, bro,” Turner stated emphatically, adding, “We’re a capitalist society. It’s a free market society. If you don’t want to follow that company’s policy, then you follow yourself on out the door.”
O’Neal answered, “I’m with you on the rules because I’m a rules guy. But I do feel sympathetic towards people who have to make that kind of decision.”
Turner responded, “I don’t, not when you’re putting other people at risk.”
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