For his bill to pass, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy claimed he told Joe Biden that the COVID vaccination requirement for military personnel must be eliminated.
On Monday, McCarthy discussed his recent contacts with the president during an appearance on the Ingraham Angle.
The yearly National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which is up for a vote, was a topic of conversation when the two people actually met last week. McCarthy and other Republicans would defund the military by opposing the bill, laying out the policies and funding for several defense departments.
Despite this, McCarthy has argued that more individuals must enlist in the military because it frequently falls short of recruitment goals.
In order to patrol the southern border, the minority leader claimed it was crucial for additional military men and women to enlist.
“I told the President, I was very clear from the very beginning,” McCarthy said. “If he wants the NDAA, you have got to lift the vaccination mandate on our military men and women.
“Why? They are not meeting the recruitment goals right now because of this. People are leaving.”
McCarthy urged Republicans to avoid cooperating with Democrats since they would soon be in charge of Congress and McCarthy would take over as majority leader.
“We are 28 days away from Republicans holding the gavel. We would be stronger in every negotiation. So any Republican that is out there trying to work with them is wrong.
“Why would you not wait? Why would you want to work on anything if we have the gavel inside Congress? Wait till we are in charge.
“I told the President if we don’t have the lifting of the vaccine, I’ll do it in January.”
Other Republicans have also expressed their disagreement with this bill’s requirement.
Republicans will fight to guarantee that the NDAA does not let service personnel to be discharged for not having received a COVID vaccination, according to Senator Marsha Blackburn.
“What Republicans are doing is fighting to make sure that we get included in the [NDAA] the power to prevent [the Department of Defense] from terminating our men and women in the military because they are not taking a COVID shot,” she said in an interview with Fox News on Friday.
Blackburn continued by implying that the vaccine is “not like” any other well-known immunizations, such as the one for polio, without providing any further details. Before they may serve, members of the U.S. armed forces are noticeably given a wide range of immunizations.
All service personnel are currently required to receive up to nine immunizations prior to first entrance or basic training. This includes poliovirus, tetanus-diphtheria, varicella, adenovirus, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, influenza, measles, mumps, rubella, meningococcal, and others. Depending on the risk and the person’s work, other immunizations may also be given.
Service members have the option to decline a required vaccination for medical, administrative, or religious reasons. These exclusions may be either temporary or ongoing.
