Posted on 12/04/2022 12:36:54 PM PST by DFG
President Joe Biden has agreed to end the US military's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy suggested on Sunday.
McCarthy, who is expected to be House Speaker in the new Congress, told Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures that he spoke with the president about a provision to end the rule included in this year's annual defense budget.
Republicans have been pushing for months to end the military's two-jab rule, arguing that its depletion of America's fighting forces presents a threat to national security.
Now that they've secured a narrow House majority for next year, McCarthy said he made clear to Biden that there will need to be areas of 'compromise' for any hope of legislative success.
'I had a meeting with the president, I laid out very clearly what the difference will be with a new Republican majority,' McCarthy said.
'Through what is the [National Defense Authorization Act], the national defense bill, we will secure lifting the vaccine mandates on our military.'
The California Republican said he was 'very clear' with Biden on House Republican priorities - like holding the NDAA hostage until the vaccine rule repeal is included.
'The bill will not move' if the language isn't in it, McCarthy promised.
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Also add full retirement benefits for everyone they booted out too.
And accept back or properly retire anyone already affected by the mandate?
A small step but better than nothing.
Does anyone seriously think McCarthy will hold up military funding authorization once the press starts dogpiling him?
This is just a stunt to get conservatives to support him for speaker.
Absolutely. THEN investigate Hunter, Joe and Democrat corruption.
Hopefully the professives won’t talk Joe out of ending the Covid rules by Monday morning.
No more shot mandate(s) PLUS reinstate anyone kicked out for refusing the jab, with back pay, who wants to come back, full retirement for those who don’t.
I want to be compensated by the DOD/ government for getting Cerebral Vein Sinus Thrombosis from the vaccine during the mandate.
I’m going to contact my congressman on this matter after January. I’m still in, but I might not be much longer.
That is the way I see it too. I don’t trust him. He is Deep State.
No lo creo!
McCarthy is lying thru his teeth.
This isn’t holding up the appropriations for the military, this is holding up the National Defense Authorization Act. The NDAA sets policy for the military and authorizes the military programs to exist. This is different than the appropriations bill.
Sounds good to me.
You beat me to it.
The two jab mandate will be dropped, the defense budget will be passed and funded and then the two jab mandate will be enacted again. Only a fool trusts the democrat DC politicians.
How about the Cadets that won’t get a shot, and not getting their diploma?
Oh, puh-leeze. He did no such thing.
Maybe he thinks he did, but if he’s counting on Biden to remember, or Biden’s puppet masters allowing it to happen, he’s delusional. The vaccines are the main means of control for these people.
He’ll SAY anything to get speaker. Then it’ll all change. We’ve seen this movie before.
“This is just a stunt to get conservatives to support him for speaker.”
BINGO!
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