Multiple Democrat Senators Come Out Against Biden’s Vaccine Mandate; Psaki Responds
Multiple Democrat Senators now oppose President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate on private entities, a likely sign that the U.S. Senate will vote in favor of a resolution this week that would ban the mandate on private companies.
Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) reportedly indicated on Tuesday that he will vote in favor of the resolution that bans the vaccine mandates on private companies, saying, “I’m not crazy about mandates.”
TESTER will also vote YES on the CRA to undo the Biden Admin vaccine mandate on the private sector, he says.
“I’m not crazy about mandates,” he said, (but he says he supports mandates for health care workers & military).
Tester joins Manchin as Ds supporting, vote likely tmrw.
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) December 7, 2021
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said in a statement last week that he also opposed the mandate on private companies:
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and as the new Omicron variant emerges, I will not vote to shut down the government for purely political reasons. There is too much at stake for the American people. But let me be clear, I do not support any government vaccine mandate on private businesses. That’s why I have cosponsored and will strongly support a bill to overturn the federal government vaccine mandate for private businesses. I have long said we should incentivize, not penalize, private employers whose responsibility it is to protect their employees from COVID-19. I have personally had both vaccine doses and a booster shot and I continue to urge every West Virginian to get vaccinated themselves.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki responded to the news on Tuesday by saying that if the resolution passes he will veto it.
Another Democrat who may vote in favor of the resolution banning the mandate on private companies is Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ).
When asked last week by CNN if she would “be willing to vote with Democrats to hold up the president’s mandates,” Sinema responded, “Well, I’m not going to tell you those things.”
“What I will do, though, is make sure that I’m voting in the interest of Arizonans,” Sinema said. “Now, folks back in Arizona know that I’m a strong supporter of this vaccine. I encourage all Arizonans to also get vaccinated so that we can return to the lives that we love, and be able to share those important moments of both joy and sorrow with our family members.”
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