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GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy claims he's convinced Biden to DROP the military's COVID vaccine mandate and says Pentagon's annual budget 'will not' pass unless the two-shot rule is gone
UK Daily Mail ^ | 12/04/2022 | Elizabeth Elkind

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: covid; mccarthy; military; ndaa; vaccine
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To: DFG

It’s pretty funny, talking about ‘convincing’ Biden about anything.

Biden cannot be ‘convinced’; he’s not there.

So just who did Kevin convince?


21 posted on 12/04/2022 1:03:38 PM PST by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: DFG

LOL..

The rule was created with the stroke of a pen.

It’s really not too tough to figure out how this goes.

1.) Biden agrees to this deal.
2.)Republicans hail McCarthy as a hero and elect him Speaker.
3.) They pass the budget deal.
4.) Biden again requires vaccines because “new variants” or “improved shots” or some other “unforeseen” reason.
5.) McCarthy says “It’s not my fault!!!” Fox News runs stories about how the Democrats always lie.

Folks, this isn’t that hard to figure out.


22 posted on 12/04/2022 1:03:50 PM PST by nitzy
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To: DFG

Where will lil Hunter get his drug money ???


23 posted on 12/04/2022 1:10:56 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: markomalley; DYngbld; TADSLOS; xsrdx; big'ol_freeper; Mark17; mikefive; JDoutrider; ...

Ping.


24 posted on 12/04/2022 1:12:45 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: Kaiser8408a

Treason is on the horizon, I hope


25 posted on 12/04/2022 1:21:02 PM PST by BigEdLB (Let’s go Brandon!)
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To: BruceS

It may indeed be different, but will that fine distinction matter to the media when they want to browbeat McCarthy into submission? I don’t think so.


26 posted on 12/04/2022 1:37:35 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: DFG

What about the rest of us? If we are taking it off the table for our service men and women how about take it off the table for everyone. Period. Full stop.


27 posted on 12/04/2022 1:38:30 PM PST by 1malumprohibitum
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To: DFG

The mandate should never have been in place. I trust retribution occurs against those who mandated it and enforced it.


28 posted on 12/04/2022 1:46:47 PM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: Jonny7797
He’ll SAY anything to get speaker. Then it’ll all change. We’ve seen this movie before.

Now if he can get Mexico to pay for the border wall, we’d have a winner.

29 posted on 12/04/2022 1:47:26 PM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater 2024)
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To: DFG

BFD. That’s such a minimal gain....and he hopes to be looked at as the conservative hero. FUKM


30 posted on 12/04/2022 1:51:52 PM PST by Phinneous (By the way, there are Seven Laws for you too! Noahide.org)
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To: DFG

Not good enough, He needed to get all of the military that were let go to be reinstated with back pay.


31 posted on 12/04/2022 1:57:07 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Jonny7797
He’ll SAY anything to get speaker. Then it’ll all change. We’ve seen this movie before

They promised to repeal and replace obamacare. Yep, we have indeed see this movie before.

32 posted on 12/04/2022 2:20:00 PM PST by Salvey
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To: DFG

Until Sniffer proves he is President, I don’t think McCarthy has anything.


33 posted on 12/04/2022 3:10:36 PM PST by depressed in 06
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To: LeoTDB69
697-E5-AE8-2-F49-452-E-A12-D-ED6-E9-ED3-F7-E3

End Result will be


34 posted on 12/04/2022 3:50:15 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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To: DFG

What did McCarthy give Biden in return is the question


35 posted on 12/04/2022 4:53:31 PM PST by roving ( Pronouns- libs/suk)
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To: DFG
GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy claims he's convinced Biden to DROP the military's COVID vaccine mandate

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight, he may have convinced Biden because dementi joe is clueless but his handlers are not, therefore, the mandate will continue, some way, some how.

36 posted on 12/05/2022 8:34:54 AM PST by rockabyebaby (THE BEST IS YET TO COME - (PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP))
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