Texas Scorecard by Sydnie Henry November 16, 2021
Paxton requests a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to stop Biden’s “unlawful vaccine mandate against federal contractors.”The mandate requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for all federal contractors stands to lose Texas $7.3 billion in contract work if it is not overturned. Now, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is requesting a temporary restraining order to halt the mandate.
Attorney General Paxton filed this lawsuit against President Biden’s contractor vaccine mandate on Monday, saying, “The President’s blatant disdain for those who choose to not receive a vaccine will not be allowed to seep into the great State of Texas. Here, we protect individual liberties first and foremost, and Texans do not have to sacrifice their beliefs and their health to preserve their livelihoods.”
Paxton decries the major government overreach in his motion, stating, “In the name of ‘public health’ they would convert the federal government into a police power that can reach any aspect of American life—including forcing Americans to undergo medical procedures. Whatever short-term benefit Defendants purport to achieve through their Contractor Mandate, it cannot possibly outweigh the destruction of an American way of life that is fundamentally threatened by their unlawful methods.”
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