Posted on 12/01/2022 12:29:47 PM PST by lowbridge
Representative Greg Steube (R., Fla.) blasted the U.S. Naval Academy on Thursday after one of his constituents claimed she has been told she needs a Covid-19 vaccine to graduate.
“Think about spending four years of your life in college and then not even being able to get a degree for the work that you’ve done,” Steube said during an appearance on Fox News on Wednesday. “This is a young woman who wants to serve her country and all because she doesn’t want to take the COVID vaccine based on religious exemptions that are being refused by this administration and the DOD.”
The U.S. Naval Academy said in a statement to National Review: “There have been no midshipmen separated from the United States Naval Academy, nor denied a commission, for declining the COVID-19 vaccine.”
“There are a handful of midshipmen who have filed religious exemption requests to the COVID-19 vaccine,” the statement added.
Steube led a group of lawmakers in writing a letter to Naval Vice Admiral Sean Buck on Tuesday demanding answers about the student’s claim. Lawmakers argued in the letter that withholding diplomas from qualified midshipmen will hurt military readiness.
Steube said he believes the policy goes “all the way to the top,” adding, “It’s got to be Secretary Austin. It’s got to be Biden forcing these vaccine mandates on our military service members and then denying their ability under religious exemptions not to take it.”
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This is not a vaccination, it’s proof of subservience to government.
I would wait until Trump is back in before joining any branch
Well, there’s that and I expect an outbreak of fragging might be developing? Stoopidity tends to have a price?
And don’t forget about Brandon’s Nantucket car ride getting thermited? There’s some pressure building out there?
The only group more frightened of, more ignorant about, more cowardly toward the Fauci Flu besides those in professional sports, is the leadership of the United States military.
That’s chicken shit of them to pull that stunt.
Let me see if I wanted to down grade the military I would....
Admiral of the Queens Navy, Kirby.
A real detestable POS.
I don’t think she should be forced to get the shot. That said, this should not come as a surprise. The military is pretty good at checklists.
West Point and Annapolis are not having trouble filling slots. Even if they got down to the 4th or 5th choices they would still get better students than any university in the nation.
Air Force? Learning how to dance in heels is tough.
<> voting ain’t gonna fix that<>
The party in power, the rat Deep State/Uniparty reinforced in 2022 what it did in 2020. They’ve perfected the Art of the Steal and will never relinquish power.
Federal elections are placeboes, sugar cubes designed to let the people feel that their votes matter, that We the People are self-governing.
Article V COS before we can’t.
You came close to owing me a keyboard!
Buncha bullies. If I were in charge, these people would be fired.
It is not reasonable to get the covid vax, since it is pushed by unethical leaders, results in numerous injuries and profits Fauci and his buddies. Proof: youngsters need to be forced to get the covid vax. Unreasonable. Take your fine college education and leave campus.
I guess my numbers were older. Still 15,000 applicants for 1,000 spots can’t be an emergency quite yet. Thank you for the article!
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