The president called for sweeping vaccine mandates for private and federal employees and contractors, teachers and health care workers. Employers with over one hundred workers will face fines of $14,000 each incident if they do not implement a mandate for vaccines and testing. The Administration is increasing spending to promote boosters and tests. It will use the “full legal authority” of the Department of Education to insert itself into the sovereignty of the states’ right to protect its own citizens and school children. It will deploy “Federal Monoclonal Antibody Strike Teams” in partnership with HHS, FEMA, and the Department of Defense. All of this, despite Biden’s campaign promise on December 4, 2020 that he “wouldn’t demand it be mandatory.” In a press conference on July 23, 2021, when asked about a federal mandate, White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed, “That’s not the role of the federal government.” She reminded Americans, “That’s the role that institutions, private sector entities, and others might take.” Biden referred to the 80 million unvaccinated Americans as a threat. “That 25% can cause a lot of damage.” And you know what? He’s right. Our strength is in our numbers. We are not going to comply. The White House plan is a massive overreach into states’ rights. Health and welfare has never been the role of the federal government, and never will be. Governors across the country immediately mobilized to fight the federal power grab in their states. Biden declared: “I’ll use my power as president to get them out of the way.” |