The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officially approved the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for ages 16 and up and Democrats are already moving to push for a mandate. Dems like former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe that vowed to ‘make life difficult for the unvaccinated. McAuliffe is currently running for office again against the Republican incumbent but already he’s using his position to bully businesses.
Democrats have no been able to pass a federal mandate on the vaccine yet, so McAuliffe pushed businesses to uphold a ‘mandate’ of their own.
In a tweet shared on Monday, McAuliffe said, “I’m calling on EVERY Virginia employer to require all eligible employees to be vaccinated.” This follows suit with the former governor’s requirement for his campaign staff to be vaccinated and his support for school districts to require teachers to be vaccinated before returning to school this fall.
BREAKING: Following the full FDA approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine this morning, I’m calling on EVERY Virginia employer to require all eligible employees to be vaccinated. We need every eligible Virginian to get vaccinated to beat this virus. Together, we'll get it done.
— Terry McAuliffe (@TerryMcAuliffe) August 23, 2021
During a conference, McAuliffe said, “We have 93 million Americans today that are not vaccinated. And we need to do everything that we possibly can. I tell my private businesses all the time ‘I hope you mandate vaccines for people coming in.’ ‘Til we make it hard for people to get on planes or go to movie theaters, people just aren’t going to do it. We’re not going door-to-door, but you make life difficult.”
“We can’t force them. We’re not going door to door, but you make life difficult,” he continued. “If you’re going to come to the HIMSS conference, you got to be vaccinated.”
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Terry McAuliffe says he wants to "make life difficult" for Virginians who don't comply with his COVID vaccine mandate.
"Make it hard for people get on planes or go to movie theaters," he says. pic.twitter.com/jmsBermcUh
— Team Youngkin (@TeamYoungkin) August 23, 2021
McAuliffe is running against Republican governor Glenn Youngkin who does not believe in forced vaccination.
Youngkin said that McAuliffe’s announcement was an attempt to “bully” Virginians and businesses into compliance. Still, Youngkin has said he supports the COVID-19 vaccine and encourages residents to get inoculated, adding, “I have made the choice to get vaccinated and encourage everyone to join me in doing that, but ultimately, it is a personal decision to do so.”
“Virginia is already struggling to recover from the pandemic due to failed Democratic leadership, and now Terry McAuliffe wants to ‘make life difficult’ for Virginians and businesses by issuing a government mandate that attempts to bully them into complying with what McAuliffe and the government thinks is best. And that will clearly evolve into closing down businesses and locking down Virginia again,” Youngkin said in a statement to the Washington Examiner.