Opposing Vaccine Mandates
I've heard from so many of you concerned with vaccine mandates and, unfortunately, fears have been realized with actions taken by President Biden. I joined 23 of my House Republican colleagues calling on our Attorney General to act to protect the rights of Minnesotans. You can read our letter here and below:
Dear Attorney General Ellison,
I write to you today to ask you to stand up for the individual liberties of all Minnesotans. President Biden’s recent announcement that he intends to impose mandates on businesses to require vaccinations is a flagrant violation of our constitution. Vaccinations are a personal medical decision that should only be made between a patient and doctor. Furthermore, neither the President of the United States nor our federal government has the authority under our constitution to dictate any vaccine requirements to private employers. This is a flagrant abuse of executive power.
As Attorney General, you took an oath to defend the constitutional rights of all Minnesotans. I strongly urge you to honor that commitment and stand up for the individual rights and freedoms of the people of our great state to make their own decisions regarding the COVID-19 vaccine.
Getting vaccinated is a personal choice and if you want to be vaccinated, you have every ability to get one but that is your decision not the Federal, State, or Local government's decision.
I have voted four times to support medical freedom and against vaccine passports and mandates. My colleagues and I have led the fight on this issue, introduced several bills and offered several amendments and are the only caucus that offered any amendments on medical freedom.
I hold these same values with regards to masks. I have always thought we need to keep medical choices in the hands of the individual to decide if they should mask and never should be coerced or mandated to get a vaccine.
That said with President Biden recently coming out requiring OSHA to implement a vaccine mandate for private businesses and Federal workers now more than ever we have looked for resolutions to this mandate to make sure that this overstep by the Federal Government does not come to fruition.
Now and in the future, I will continue to fight for these rights of free individuals.
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