California Sheriff Refuses To Enforce Vax Mandate, Says Gov’t Lacks ‘Authority,’ Won’t Be ‘Blackmailed, Bullied’

A California sheriff says he has no plans to enforce mandatory COVID-19 vaccine for employees of his department, declaring that the federal government has “no authority to mandate your health choices.”

“Over the past couple of weeks, the idea of forced vaccination has caused much concern across the entire country,” Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said in a statement released Monday. “I will not enforce the vaccine mandate on Sheriff’s Department employees.”