This past week more than 20 Republican governors sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking that the administration remove the mandate, saying it has hurt the U.S. National Guard’s ability to recruit troops. Those troops are activated by governors to respond to natural disasters or unrest.
Congress may consider legislation this coming week to end the mandate as a requirement to gather enough support to pass this years’ defense budget, which is already two months late.“We lost a million people to this virus,” Austin told reporters traveling with him Saturday. “A million people died in the United States of America. We lost hundreds in DOD. So this mandate has kept people healthy.”“I’m the guy” who ordered the military to require the vaccine, Austin added.
Last year Austin directed that all troops get the vaccine or face potential expulsion from the military; thousands of active duty forces have been discharged since then for their refusal to get the shots.
He does what he's told, like a good little purse puppy.
also members of the military would like it rescinded
Not understand that.they fear something from homeland soldiers?maybe soldiers step on the side to ordinary peoples when darker times has come?
Imagine a defense Secretary being afraid to breathe.
🤡🤡🤡
As usual, republicans want to kill their voters... It's the biggest self own ffs
The reason why I support these vaccine mandates. Because Biden is allowed because to do so because he is the Commander and Chief per the Constitution. Plus, Republicans were 3x more likely to die from COVID than Democrats. So Republicans can learn something from Democrats in they
💩AP💩 Used to wipe your ass.
A-hope secretary of sudden death
Republicants and MAGAts are all talk, no action. They talk about supporting the military, but have no idea how to do it. So, they undermine military readiness by promoting Insubordination. They are a Disgrace.
Oh but wait. Without wars to fight they face budget cuts. Which means R.I.F. and this loophole means severance pay is not needed.
Keeping that policy in place is the most in American thing ever! Evil evil people leading us rn!
Vaccines work and Republicans are liars
I want to see military style tribunals for people who mandated the unproven, dangerous and deadly mrna shot.
Lawmakers should listen to the people who actually run the sectors they affect with their legislation. They used to do that. They would call prominent/expert private citizens in a field and ask what the repercussions of what they wanted to do would be. And they actually listened.
Why would Governor’s have any say? As for Congress the GOP is fragmented much more than liberal media wants the public to know.
Why would you keep a mandate for a vaccine that does not prevent infection or transmission
Of course, it's one thing that he found he has power over still. It has nothing to do with 'health' and everything to do with a show of power. Yes, let's weaken our military even more with forced medical procedures against their will.
Keep refusing scientific evidence for fear of causing massive embarrassment to the media and government
If you can still ' get' and 'transmit' then the troops are not protected by a jab. (Which might cause myocarditis and sudden death)
COVID has been a relatively mild disease for over a year. It poses no serious health risk to young and middle aged people. Over 90% of Americans are estimated to have already had COVID, though most had no symptoms and don't know it.
Covid vaccines are effective protection. Billions of people have been vaccinated. It helps to reduce symptoms.
Good order and discipline is good order and discipline.
Protect…..lol
“Listen” “Here’s the thing” “folks” I’m so tired of “making clear,” and every other tired condescending cliché statement liberals use. AP if you call yourselves professional journalists… quit being lazy.
Fascism
What does RepCarbajal say?
Tools
So why didn't Republicans say anything when soldiers were forced to take experimental Anthrax vaccines
How embarrassing that MAGAs still think Covid was a hoax.
This man wants to keep covid policies in place. What a shock!
It's panto season: 'What stealth bomber?' *Behind You!' ...
You meant to say “shotty pretreatment therapeutic” mandate.
Requiring COVID vaccines forces out seditionists from the military. That's a good thing & helps the USA, which is not what the MAGAs are about. MAGAs hate the USA.
Republicans are just the worst.
'dies suddenly' after making this statement
And he’s wrong
The guy is a pawn
GOP, as usual, focused on the most pressing national issues for the American people.
What protection? Don't stop infection or transmission, vaxed when infected have the same viral load as the unvaxed. So what protection
The vaccine doesn't protect the health, though!
“Protect the health of the troops.”
Unscientific nonsense. Political science, not science.
At one point , we must let it go. The immune system will be drowned as Gid saw fit to protect.
With 90% of Covid deaths in the 65+ community, I think his fear about battle ready soldiers dying is unfounded.
Of course he wants it kept. It’s his best tool for the purge.
Republicans truly believe they work for Russia.
If you weren't in you have no idea how they treat us like lab rats. Anthrax was the mandatory vaccine, now it's an automatic VA claim because of how it messed us up. Since the makers of COVID vac just said they were STARTING long term impact studies you can see our trepidation.
Plus it thins the crazies from the ranks. Win, win
Can't complain about recruitment then 🤷♂️
howappealing State sponsored media
What’s his % from big Pharma
MarilynCapps11 I fully agree with SecDef !
Healthy young men and women are of very little risk to COVID. The vaccine does not prevent you from coming down with COVID. In fact it increases the risk of coming down with it. I personally have had 6 shots and have had COVID twice. Mandatory vaccination is only about money
Is that for all shots?
Why are you trying to weaken our military. This person and their whole family should be vaccinated fully!!
Get rid of it. We are not communists
The republican party is the party of undo all good & don't help anyone but themselves!
Let’s make one thing clear. These vaccine mandates have nothing to do with the health of the troops. Its quite clear at this point that its all about control and big industry profits.
Lloyd is destroying the military.
Sick and dead soldiers don't fight too well.
That’s because the COVID vaccine offers only risk of side effects to the young and healthy?
MarilynCapps11 Many governors lack the military experiences of close (combat/noncombat) environments. Safety first..important to have a fit, healthy military.
When your Secretary of state worked in the the private sector with arms contractor and health care corporations like Raytheon Technologies, Nucor, Tenet Healthcare. He will puch for buying more arms and more vaccines. It's all about the Benjamins. That why he got his Job.
So the vaccine that doesn't work and was never even tested to see if it works, and that caused sometimes deadly side effects? Remember when they pretended this was all for grandma?
Unconscionable decision. The next Republican president needs to re-hire all of the unvaccinated service men and women immediately with FULL backpay PLUS compensation!
More likely he doesn’t want to admit he was wrong.
The Amhara people of East Wollega Gida Yana district in the Oromo region Ethiopia are being massacred by the Oromo government's force. regional special forces are going door to door and killing those identified as Amhar.
Covid is a deceptive propaganda && Covid vaccines are equal to the mRNA- poisons, and blood clots from AstraZeneca, for the sake of decreasing the population of the Earth, for the sake of false and fake 'Climate change'.
Terrible.
¿Porque?
If ww3 happens y’all aren’t gonna have anyone to fight for our country, your loss the vaccine should’ve NEVER been mandatory anywhere.
Better expect those recruiting numbers next year to be even worse than last year then
Austin is a disgrace and a fraud.
Nuremberg 2.0 DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE TO THE OUTSTANDING OBVIOUS EVIDENCE. Why don't we use Asbestos anymore? Because it was killing people!! Is this mic on? Has everyone gone fucking insane? insubordination is covered under Article 91 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Every. Single. Anti-Vax. Reply. On. This. Thread. Is. A. Bot.... Check the sign up dates, people.
Thank you for keeping our military healthy. 💙💙💙
Lack of vaccination is a danger to national security
And the pool of young people who enter the military and get the vaccine is a HIGHLY documented set of people- so there is no evidence of people just dropping dead from it, as the crazies allege.
Military members are required to get a whole host of vaccines and treatments. The only reason the GQP cares about the COVID vaccine is because they want political points at the expense of military members lives.
Is everything as corrupt as it seems
Now that we know the vaccine does not prevent getting or transmitting Covid-19, how is the mandate protecting the troops?
Good on him he can keep giving people bells palsy like they did to my brother. Also a great way to boost your enlistment numbers lol. Complete clown show....
How to weaken a nations military: decimate it with mandatory Myocarditis.
A million dead, doesn't stop the spread, known to be defective, completely ineffective, 'military intelligence', no point of relevance, it's all.the hell we do, oxymorons too. Classic kerfuffle, propaganda shuffle, fubar, must complete the mission.
troops get like 30 vaccines but sure take issue with the political one
Anyone who doesn't think that this is common sense hasn't read the news lately. It ain't over. Because of a lax attitude on the part of public health officials, Covid is still spreading and mutating. If it doesn't kill you,it can cause serious and debilitating health problems.
F China and Iran kickoff into civil war those mandates will be gone to immediately if World War 3 kicks off mandates gone With that in mind why even bother keeping them right now they do not prevent spread do not prevent infection. So what is the point in them other than profit?
🙄. This makes absolutely no sense. How many overweight 80 year olds serve in the military?
He is an embarrassment to the position
Are they going to rescind the measles mumps and polio vaccines too?
Sure, because American National security is so much better when you have a lot of your front line troops on ventilators or with long covid symptoms. resist RepublicansLieAboutEverything
GOP can't win so they push the same tired old issues.
What the hell does any Governor have to do with running a military and it’s mission?
He should resign immediately
Why is Austin trying to give heart disease to military members?
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