Friday, October 22, 2021
By Gary Bauer
As bad as Biden's comments on communist China were, he really outdid himself on the issue of vaccine mandates. The president openly mocked the idea of freedom.
When asked whether nurses, firefighters and police officers should be fired if they choose not to get vaccinated, Biden said, "Yes. . . Freedom. I have the freedom to kill you with my COVID. No. Come on, freedom?"
That sentence is unbelievably offensive.
The death rate among vaccinated people is miniscule. But people should have a right to question an experimental vaccine. Yes, it is a matter of freedom. People should not have to fear Big Government taking away their jobs. That's tyranny.
But this is the left's attitude toward all our freedoms – free speech, religious freedom, Second Amendment freedoms. They mock them all.
They want to shut down free speech, whether it's Antifa beating up people in the streets or Big Tech silencing debate online.
They eagerly shut down our churches during the pandemic, while pot stores and liquor stores stayed open. You could easily get an extra bottle of wine, but don't even think about going to church. And the left isn't shy about taking away your firearms.
Leftists rail against freedom because they mean to rule over us.
The only freedom they get emotional about is abortion. So, while Biden mocks your freedom to work and control your healthcare decisions, he'll fall on his sword over the "freedom" to kill an unborn baby.
The fact is Biden's vaccine mandate is hurting the economy. Major business groups and the Federal Reserve are warning that the mandates are making labor shortages and the supply chain crisis worse.
And by the way, why should only working Americans be subject to vaccine mandates? Why isn't Biden imposing vaccine mandates on illegal aliens or welfare recipients? As one columnist put it:
"Biden is mandating that the Americans who supply most of the tax revenue to pay for America's welfare system be vaccinated or lose employment. But the beneficiaries of the welfare state are exempt."
I am pleased to report there is growing resistance to Biden's mandate madness.
- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is calling for a special legislative session to tackle the issue of mandates in the Sunshine State.
- Delta and Southwest Airlines have both retreated from their vaccine mandates.
- In-N-Out Burger is fighting draconian mandates in California that require restaurant employees to become vaccine passport police.
Posts
