SINCE THE START OF THE MONTH. AND THIS MORNING, GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS AND 20 OTHER GOVERNORS AS PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TO DRAW UP A COVID VACCINE MANDATE FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. GOVERNOR REYNOLDS RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THE VACCINE MANDATE CREATES A SECURE RISK BECAUSE IT LED TO RECRUITING SHORTFALLS. SHE ALSO SAYS IT ALSO FORCE MEN AND WOMEN WHO REFU
Reynolds among governors asking for vaccine mandate to be dropped
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Updated: 8:22 PM CST Nov 30, 2022
Gov. Kim Reynolds and 20 other governors on Wednesday asked President Biden to drop a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of the Armed Forces. Reynolds released a statement saying the vaccine mandate creates a security risk because it led to recruiting shortfalls in the Armed Forces.“The Biden vaccine mandate creates a national security risk that severely impacts our defense capabilities abroad and our state readiness here at home,” Reynolds said in a statement. “As Governors, our ability to respond to natural disasters and conduct emergency operations is contingent upon the strength and size of our National Guard units. As Congressional leaders, it is your duty to provide for the national defense, and therefore, we call upon you to protect the men and women in uniform — who protect us —from an unnecessary vaccine mandate. As President Biden, himself, stated on September 18, 2022, ‘The pandemic is over.’”The other governors who signed the letter were from: Tennessee, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Gov. Kim Reynolds and 20 other governors on Wednesday asked President Biden to drop a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of the Armed Forces.
Reynolds released a statement saying the vaccine mandate creates a security risk because it led to recruiting shortfalls in the Armed Forces.
“The Biden vaccine mandate creates a national security risk that severely impacts our defense capabilities abroad and our state readiness here at home,” Reynolds said in a statement. “As Governors, our ability to respond to natural disasters and conduct emergency operations is contingent upon the strength and size of our National Guard units. As Congressional leaders, it is your duty to provide for the national defense, and therefore, we call upon you to protect the men and women in uniform — who protect us —from an unnecessary vaccine mandate. As President Biden, himself, stated on September 18, 2022, ‘The pandemic is over.’”
The other governors who signed the letter were from: Tennessee, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming.
