Trump Flies Off About Vaccines And Autism: ‘Tiny Children Are Not Horses!’

Donald Trump speaks to a crowd of 600 people during a gathering of Republican women's groups, Thursday, April 28, 2011, in Las Vegas. Trump's flirtation with a White House bid continued Thursday night with a lavish r... Donald Trump speaks to a crowd of 600 people during a gathering of Republican women's groups, Thursday, April 28, 2011, in Las Vegas. Trump's flirtation with a White House bid continued Thursday night with a lavish reception at the Treasure Island casino in Las Vegas.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) MORE LESS
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Real estate mogul and reality TV star Donald Trump took to Twitter this week to gin up fears about conspiracy theories that link vaccinations to autism.

In a series of tweets on Wednesday and Thursday, Trump launched into a vague rant about the dangers of vaccines, including one in which he declared: “Tiny children are not horses.”

His tweets are below:

h/t Mediaite

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  1. Who are you going to believe? Doctors who have studied this thing for decades or a bigmouth who wears a dead badger on his head?

  2. yes “doctor” Trump

  3. He’s right… doctors lie about everydamn thing, JUST BECAUSE THEY CAN!

    Oh wait, I meant to say Donald.

    My bad.

  4. No argument from me on this one, at least on the initial premise: Tiny children are not horses

  5. Avatar for msny msny says:

    By the way he’s behaving, one would think he got a massive dose of something that causes autism.

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