The Twitter account belonging to Republican members of the House judiciary committee posted and deleted a tweet that read, “If the booster shots work, why don’t they work?”

The tweet was posted on Thursday and deleted on Friday after it was widely ridiculed. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is the leading Republican on the judiciary committee. In November, he revealed he had Covid-19 in the summer and refused to say if he is vaccinated.

Almost verbatim, the deleted tweet echoed a false anti-vaccine post from right-wing provocateur Charlie Kirk on the platform earlier in the week. “If the vaccine works, then why doesn’t it work?”

Many conservatives have seized upon rising Covid-19 cases – especially among vaccinated people – as “evidence” that the vaccine doesn’t work. What most of them fail to note, however, is that vaccinated people are much, much less likely to become severely ill or die from the virus.

Subsequent to the deleted tweet, the House judiciary GOP also tweeted out an ABC report about the United States averaging more Covid cases per day than at any point during the pandemic.

“Good job, Joe Biden,” the account tweeted.

The president has repeatedly urged Americans to get vaccinated, but many refuse. Sixty-two percent of unvaccinated Americans say they will never get a Covid shot of any kind.

In recent weeks, former President Donald Trump has made some of his strongest comments speaking to the effectiveness of the vaccine. During a recent interview with anti-vaxx pundit Candace Owens, Trump pushed back when she suggested the vaccine isn’t particularly effective.

“Oh no, the vaccine works, but some people aren’t the ones,” he said. “The ones who get very sick and go to the hospital are the ones that don’t take the vaccine. But it’s still their choice. And if you take the vaccine, you’re protected.”

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