In an interview with KUSI,<\/a> Rep. Issa emphasized that the Biden administration has failed to think of the ramifications of throwing out combat veterans who have not gotten the COVID-19 vaccine by Wednesday\u2019s deadline. Issa says that the \u201cripple effect will be a demoralized military.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAll of President Biden\u2019s other vaccine mandates, such as those pertaining to civilians in the workforce, have been blocked in one way or another by worker\u2019s unions or judicial officers. The only loophole mandate the Biden administration has been able to keep intact is that pertaining to active-duty military.<\/span><\/p>\nRepresentative Issa has written to the president, asking him \u201cwhere is the justice for those who go in harm’s way\u2026those who have put their lives on the line?\u201d Issa finds that President Biden is \u201cpicking on\u201d men and women in uniform, by threatening to discharge every member of the military who does not receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The Marine Corps has yet to grant even a single religious exception to the vaccine mandate.<\/span><\/p>\nRecent data from the Department of Defense shows that over 90% of every branch of the US military is vaccinated against COVID-19. Meanwhile, the United States as a whole only has a vaccination rate of 72%, and the state with the highest vaccination rate, Vermont, comes in at 75%.<\/span><\/p>\nPresident Biden\u2019s repeated disregard for our men and women in uniform, evidenced by this unnecessary vaccine mandate and his hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan, is why Representative Issa has urged the President \u201c<\/span>not to be careless with the clear constitutional powers of his office and abuse his authority as the commander in chief.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nPhoto Cred: Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Written by Bobbie Wylie The deadline for President Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate for active-duty military servicemembers passed on Wednesday. This vaccine requirement, Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) says, will \u201cdecimate our military.\u201d Many critics have called this vaccine mandate one of Biden\u2019s \u201cmost concerning actions yet.\u201d The Department of Defense has reported that some 50,000 active-duty servicemembers…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7793,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n
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