Republicans say their party leaders should stand up to Democrats on key issues like vaccine mandates for military members.
White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said Tuesday, "If folks get their updated vaccines and they get treated, if they have a breakthrough infection, we can prevent essentially every COVID death in America."in the military in exchange for advancing a year-end military funding bill, amid discontent from some about Republicans allegedly compromising too much with Democrats.
"I think on the NDAA one thing that's going to be important is that we don't give cloture unless they agree that we're not going to keep kicking people out of the service for their – if they're unvaccinated," Scott told Fox News Digital of the National Defense Authorization Act ."I think that we've got to start standing up for people.
"We'll find out," Scott said, mentioning that many Republicans just voted for the bipartisan Respect for Marriage Act."The Republican voters want us to start standing up for something."On Wednesday, Scott joined 12 other senators in a letter to McConnell and other GOP leadership members demanding that the GOP not allow the NDAA to move forward without a vote on military vaccine mandates. Paul led the letter, first obtained by Fox News Digital, which Sens.
"The Department of Defense COVID-19 vaccine mandate has ruined the livelihoods of men and women who have honorably served our country," the letter said.Scott also panned the process behind the omnibus funding bill congressional leaders are trying to negotiate before the end of the year, saying few people get a chance to read it before voting on it.
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