Congressional Republicans: Defund Biden Vaccine Mandates Or We Won’t Vote To Stop A Government Shutdown
By: Tristan Justice
March 06, 2022
A pair of letters from Republican lawmakers in each chamber was sent to congressional leadership Friday pledging to oppose government funding legislation without a motion to defund President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate.
While the president’s vaccine mandate for large private employers was struck down by the Supreme Court in January, mandates remain in place for medical workers, military personnel, and federal staff.
“While some will say the escalating situation in Ukraine justifies ignoring the tyranny of vaccine mandates to ensure funding of defense, the fact is Americans – including our troops – continue to suffer,” wrote 39 House Republicans led by Texas Rep. Chip Roy to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. “It is particularly troubling for the President to ask thousands of these troops to amass in Eastern Europe while simultaneously finger-wagging at them to get a politicized vaccine or be fired.”
https://twitter.com/RepChipRoy/status/1499852535783374849more
https://thefederalist.com/2022/03/06/congressional-republicans-defund-biden-vaccine-mandates-or-we-wont-vote-to-stop-a-government-shutdown/
