Republican lawmakers in each chamber sent letters to congressional leaders Friday promising to block funding the Government unless they defund Biden’s vaccination mandate.
While the Biden’s injection required for large private companies was struck down by the Supreme court in January, mandates remain in place for medical workers, armed forces, and also government staff.
GOP Senators To Biden: Defund The Mandates…NOW
“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.”
Rep. Roy is once again leading an effort to DEFUND COVID-19 vax mandates.
Congress should leverage the FULL power of the purse to defund tyrannical vax mandates on doctors, nurses, military personnel, border patrol agents, and others.
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— Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) March 4, 2022
In December, the Marine Corps introduced more than 200 members in its ranks were released for their refusal to adhere to the administration’s medical threat. Legislators claimed they would oppose motions to fast-track a federal government funding bill to satisfy the March 11 due date without a ballot to defund the vaccination mandates.
In the Senate, members of the upper chamber led by Utah Sen. Mike Lee brought into question the effectiveness of Biden’s vaccination mandate in minimizing the spread of Covid-19 while the administration overlooks natural immunity from prior infection.
“These COVID-19 vaccine mandates amount to a serious abuse of both federal power and executive authority. They also further strain the economic and social pressures our society currently faces, while completely ignoring existing evidence-based data on natural immunity from previous COVID-19 infection,” senators wrote. “Further, evidence-based research has conclusively shown that vaccination does not stop the spread of COVID-19.”
In December, Drs. Harvey Risch, Robert Malone, as well as Byram Bridle, three leading experts in public health and immunology, detailed why “Forcing People Into COVID Vaccines Ignores Important Scientific Information” for The Federalist.
“Rapidly waning vaccine efficacy and COVID-19 surges in countries and regions with high vaccination rates — including Israel, the United Kingdom, Singapore, and now Europe, as well as high-vaccination U.S. states like Vermont — are evidence that vaccinated individuals can spread COVID-19 at rates comparable to the unvaccinated,” the trio of scientists explained. “Multiple studies have shown that viral load in vaccinated individuals with COVID-19 is the same as in the unvaccinated.”
The Biden administration, however, has chosen to keep its mandates in place despite mounting evidence against them.
“At the very least,” senators promised, “we will require a roll call vote on an amendment that defunds the enforcement of these vaccine mandates for the spending period covered by the government funding measure.”
H/T The Federalist
