{"id":982324,"date":"2021-11-07T21:28:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T02:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=982324"},"modified":"2021-11-07T21:28:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T02:28:38","slug":"democrat-kansas-gov-laura-kelly-opposes-bidens-vaccine-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-kansas-gov-laura-kelly-opposes-bidens-vaccine-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly Opposes Biden&#039;s Vaccine Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-kansas-gov-laura-kelly-opposes-bidens-vaccine-mandate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=982324&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">President Joe Biden\u2019s federal vaccine mandate for companies with 100 or more employees now has opposition from members of his own party, with Democrat Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly leading the charge.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released on Friday, Kelly said the vaccine mandate will not be the \u201ccorrect\u201d solution for Kansas \u2014 a state that overwhelmingly swung for former President Donald Trump in 2020, 56 percent to Biden\u2019s 41 percent.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18325458\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"38\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1235879198.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18325458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1235879198.png\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. President Joe Biden removes his face mask as he arrives to speak in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus October 14, 2021, in Washington, DC. Biden spoke about the coronavirus pandemic and encouraged states and businesses to support vaccine mandates to avoid a surge in cases of Covid-19. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cYesterday, I reviewed the new vaccine mandate from the Biden Administration. While I appreciate the intention to keep people safe, a goal I share, I don\u2019t believe this directive is the correct, or the most effective, solution for Kansas,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly said that Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate comes \u201ctoo late\u201d in the face of states developing their own public health strategy to combat the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is too late to impose a federal standard now that we have already developed systems and strategies that are tailored for our specific needs,\u201d she asserted. \u201cI will seek a resolution that continues to recognize the uniqueness of our stat and builds on our ongoing efforts to combat a once-in-a-century crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.6666666666667\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Governor Laura Kelly&#8217;s statement addressing the new federal vaccine mandate: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lAFAs3pQLK\">pic.twitter.com\/lAFAs3pQLK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Laura Kelly (@GovLauraKelly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovLauraKelly\/status\/1456627100593659906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">Prior to her statement, Kelly <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-donald-trump-joe-biden-business-elections-975932edf09c56888da787e8a335bfd3\">argued<\/a> that vaccine mandates like the one proposed by the Biden administration \u201ctend not to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">\u201cWe have not mandated a vaccine in the state of Kansas. We have done everything we can to encourage people and to make it easy for folks to get vaccinated,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cI\u2019ve lived in Kansas a long time and I understand that those kinds of things tend not to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">As the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-donald-trump-joe-biden-business-elections-975932edf09c56888da787e8a335bfd3\">noted<\/a>, Kelly\u2019s opposition to President Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate most likely stems from the fact that she faces a tough reelection campaign in a solid red state where she will be facing off against her Attorney General&nbsp;Derek Schmidt, who has already filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.8181818181818\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This morning I filed a second lawsuit challenging another of the Biden administration&#8217;s attempts to mandate vaccinations by threatening to punish businesses that employ unvaccinated workers. This time we are challenging the legality of the OSHA mandate. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M5drGnaI1U\">https:\/\/t.co\/M5drGnaI1U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Derek Schmidt (@DerekSchmidtKS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DerekSchmidtKS\/status\/1456681376737120266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This past September, President Biden announced that the Department of Labor\u2019s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will mandate that private companies with 100 or more employees implement vaccine mandates or require weekly negative tests. The president waited nearly two months before&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/04\/biden-administration-vaccine-mandate\/\">releasing<\/a> the details&nbsp;of his plan, which would not have even taken effect until January of 2022. A company in violation of the mandate could be fined $136,532.<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s plan encountered a roadblock on Saturday when the&nbsp;U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Court&nbsp;issued&nbsp;a temporary stay<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/06\/federal-appeals-court-temporarily-halts-bidens-vaccine-mandate\/\"> blocking<\/a> the mandate&nbsp;while considering a permanent injunction.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling from a three-judge panel on Saturday&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13now.com\/news\/coronavirus\/local-coronavirus-news\/court-halts-biden-vaccine-testing-mandate-for-businesses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">resulted<\/a> from&nbsp;a stay sought by the states of Texas, Utah, Mississippi, and South Carolina, as well as several businesses that oppose the Biden plan. The states and businesses filed a petition of review of the agency action, which goes directly to a federal appeals court instead of a one-judge federal district trial court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause the petitions give cause to believe there are grave statutory and constitutional issues with the Mandate, the Mandate is hereby stayed pending further action by this court,\u201d the judges wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s federal vaccine mandate for companies with 100 or more employees now has opposition from members of his own party, with Democrat Kansas Gov. 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