Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has sued President Biden over the administration’s federal vaccine mandate for contractors.
DeSantis announced the lawsuit, which names the President and several federal agencies as defendants, on Thursday.
“Florida has filed another lawsuit against the Biden administration. This lawsuit challenges the Biden administration’s order imposing a vaccine mandate on federal contractors,” DeSantis said at a press conference.
The suit is seeking a preliminary nationwide injunction for what court documents describe as a “radical intrusion on the personal autonomy of American workers.”
“It’s important for us to take a stand,” DeSantis said. “Tossing people aside is just not something we can tolerate here in the state of Florida, so we are going to do everything we can.”
MANDATES: Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) announces lawsuit against Biden Administration over mandates. pic.twitter.com/oFnJWvfwNY
— Forbes (@Forbes) October 28, 2021
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DeSantis Sues Over Vaccine Mandate
DeSantis is announcing the lawsuit just two weeks after threatening to do so.
To be clear, he has consistently urged Floridians to get the vaccine, citing the effectiveness of the jab and noting that a significant percentage of people being hospitalized for COVID “are either not fully vaccinated or not vaccinated at all.”
But he has consistently fought back against mandates and forcing citizens to get the shot.
“Let’s not have Biden come in and effectively take away — threaten to take away — the jobs of people who have been working hard throughout this entire pandemic,” DeSantis said. “I am offended that a police officer could potentially lose their job.”
DeSantis is also offering $5,000 bonuses to police officers to relocate to Florida where they can avoid vaccination mandates being imposed in blue cities and states.
The corporate media & elite Democrats (but I repeat myself) are desperate to push the false narrative that “anti-mandate” is the same as “anti-vax.” As usual, they’re lying.
As @GovRonDeSantis has always said, vaccines should be available to all — but forced on NONE.#LetsGo
— Christina Pushaw ? (@ChristinaPushaw) October 12, 2021
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More Bad News For Biden
A district court in Washington, D.C. Thursday issued a temporary restraining order barring civilian and active-duty military plaintiffs who have filed religious exemptions from being fired.
The plaintiff for the defendants accused the Biden administration of showing “an unprecedented, cavalier attitude toward the rule of law and an utter ineptitude at basic constitutional contours.”
BREAKING: @Yoder_Esq with a HUGE WIN in Church v. Biden.
(Yes, that’s the actual case caption. For those playing along, 1:21-cv-2815)
This is an amazing development from the DC District Court in the stand for OUR RIGHTS against the unconstitutional vaccine mandates. pic.twitter.com/kWus7XQ4pp
— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) October 28, 2021
District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued the order. Some may be surprised that she was nominated to the district court in 1997 by President Bill Clinton.
Kollar-Kotelly wrote that “active duty military plaintiffs, whose religious exception requests have been denied, will not be disciplined or separated during the pendency of their appeals.”
The state of Florida issued fines totaling over $3.5M for Leon County, which terminated 14 employees who did not comply with the county’s unlawful vaccine mandate. https://t.co/zWsdz1F60d
— Christina Pushaw ? (@ChristinaPushaw) October 12, 2021
DeSantis’ administration fined Leon County $3.57 million for imposing a vaccine mandate on local government employees in violation of the state’s ban on vaccine passports.
When he’s not fighting back against un-American mandates, DeSantis is hard at work correcting other mistakes by the Biden administration.
The Florida governor addressed the supply chain crisis of late, enticing cargo ships to reroute to ports in the Sunshine State.
Will Governor DeSantis save Christmas – Florida port authority tells cargo vessels to divert to sunshine state
https://t.co/tTS8tQ2Sfh— Veronica Birkenstock (@vtbirkenstock) October 21, 2021
“Florida is here … and we are going to make sure Americans get their Christmas gifts this season,” DeSantis said.
One of the best possible gifts Americans could get right now is a sound defeat in the courts for Biden’s vaccine mandate.
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