Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday confirmed that a White House staffer reached out after the Grammy-nominated rapper posted several misinformed tweets about coronavirus vaccines, but that it did not extend her an invitation to visit the White House.
The White House on Thursday confirmed that it reached out to Nicki Minaj after the Grammy-nominated rapper posted misinformation about coronavirus vaccines, but that it did not extend her an invitation to visit the White House.
"This is pretty standard and something we do all the time," Psaki said. "It was simply an offer to have a conversation." “They want you to get vaccinated for the Met," the rapper tweeted. "[I]f I get vaccinated it won’t for the Met. It’ll be once I feel I’ve done enough research. I’m working on that now."She then shared an anecdote about alleged vaccine side effects experienced by a friend of her cousin's in Trinidad and Tobago.Minaj tweeted
"As we stand now, there is absolutely no reported such side effect or adverse event of testicular swelling in Trinidad,". "Unfortunately, we wasted so much time yesterday running down this false claim."
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