Posted on 05/01/2023 10:12:34 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
An effort to restore the jobs and back pay of firefighters who lost their jobs for refusing or even criticizing the COVID-19 vaccine was defeated when four Senate Republicans joined with Democrats to defeat the measure.
Senators voted 54-45 against U.S. Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) “Support the Reinstatement of Trained and Effective Firefighters” amendment which “makes funding available to fire departments that terminated firefighters for refusing vaccination or voicing opposition to COVID-19 mandates only if they offer full reinstatement and backpay to those who lost their jobs.”
The amendment was considered as part of S.870, the Fire Grants and Safety Act, which helps local fire departments hire additional firefighters.
Along with every voting Senate Democrat, Republican senators Susan Collins (ME), Mitt Romney (UT), Mike Rounds (SD) and Lisa Murkowski (AK) voted against the amendment.
Every other Senate Republican voted in favor. California Democrat Dianne Feinstein, recovering at home from illness, did not vote.
“It seems bizarre and contradictory to provide financial support to increase fire department staffing when decisions were made to terminate trained and effective firefighters for no good reason. Firefighters tend to be young and fit, the very people who had the least to worry about COVID-19,” said Paul, before the vote.
“These people were never a threat to their communities. On the contrary, they served their communities bravely and made their neighbors safer. What was done to them, what was done to police, what was done to first responders was shameful and we should stand together to make sure it never happens again,” said Paul.
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We are at the cusp of the avalanche (pardon the mixed metaphor) of proving people like these firefighters right.
The same Democrats who infiltrated the Republican party- no surprise.
Along with every voting Senate Communist, closet Communist senators Susan Collins (ME), Mitt Romney (UT), Mike Rounds (SD) and Lisa Murkowski (AK) voted against the amendment.
Hey, this is trumps vax… you aren’t allowed to even speak of it.. except to repeat his safe and effective mantra. If you lose your job, you’re a Hillary/job supporter.85% obedience with this vax.. holocaust levels of obedience without qur.
scumbags
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