Carhartt, the popular United States manufacturer of durable work gear, sent an e-mail to its 5,500 workers notifying them that they had to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by February 15 in order to continue working for the company. The announcement came a day after the recent United States Supreme Court decision which effectively ended President Joe Biden&#8217;s private-sector vaccine mandate for large employers nationwide.
Carhartt CEO Mark Valade sent an email stating that all employees had to be vaccinated by February 15, or find a new job.
“We put workplace safety at the very top of our priority list and the Supreme Court’s recent ruling doesn’t impact that core value,&#8221; the email said, according to MarketWatch.
“We, and the medical community, continue to believe vaccines are necessary to ensure a safe working environment for every associate and even perhaps their households,” Valade continued. “While we appreciate that there may be differing views, workplace safety is an area where we and the union that represents our associates cannot compromise. An unvaccinated workforce is both a people and business risk that our company is unwilling to take.”
In response to the e-mail, several Twitter users called for a boycott of Carhartt.
&#8220;How about this If you don&#8217;t want to get vaccinated and you work at Carhartt F***ing quit F** &#8217;em,&#8221; popular podcaster Tim Pool tweeted.
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If you don&#39;t want to get vaccinated and you work at Carhartt 
Fucking quit
Fuck &#39;em
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&#8220;I spend thousands a year on @Carhartt hoodies, jackets &amp; winter gear. Today that ends. I guess I am looking for alternatives,&#8221; Jeremy Hambly, a YouTube commentator with more than 25,000 followers, tweeted. &#8220;Seriously, this is insane given their target market. I am done purchasing any of their stuff and giving them thousands in free advertising.&#8221;
&#8220;Their cloths (sic) are literally part of my brand. 15-20 MILLION views a month wearing their brand. Done,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Ordering all new stuff tomorrow.&#8221;
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Their cloths are literally part of my brand. 15-20 MILLION views a month wearing their brand. Done. Ordering all new stuff tomorrow.
&mdash; TheQuartering (@TheQuartering) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheQuartering/status/1483290897349554179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk tweeted, &#8220;Carhartt is betraying their entire customer base of hard-working Americans by forcing unconstitutional Medical Tyranny on their employees, despite the Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling. Stop buying  <a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/Carhartt">@Carhartt </a>until they reverse course &#8211; this is unacceptable.&#8221;
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Carhartt is betraying their entire customer base of hard-working Americans by forcing unconstitutional Medical Tyranny on their employees, despite the Supreme Court&#39;s ruling. Stop buying <a href="https://twitter.com/Carhartt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Carhartt</a> until they reverse course &#8211; this is unacceptable.
&mdash; Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href="https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1483500828686049282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In a statement provided to The Washington Post, a spokesperson for the company defended the decision, again reiterating they would be firing unvaccinated employees in the name of COVID-19 safety:
<blockquote>Carhartt spokeswoman Amy Hellebuyck confirmed to The Washington Post on Tuesday that Valade sent the internal email to employees “as part of our long-standing commitment to workplace safety.”
“Our recent communication to employees was to reinforce that the Supreme Court ruling does not affect the mandate we put in place,” she said in a statement. “Carhartt fully understands and respects the varying opinions on this topic, and we are aware some of our associates do not support this policy. However, we stand behind our decision because we believe vaccines are necessary to protect our workforce.”</blockquote>
Last week, the Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration’s emergency rule that would have forced large employers to require their employees to get vaccinated or test regularly in a major victory for the mandate’s critics, including The Daily Wire, which sued the Biden administration in November. Since then, several <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-general-electric-suspends-vaccine-or-test-requirement-after-supreme-court-ruling">private companies</a> have dropped their vaccine mandate.
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The world’s number one men’s tennis player was barred from defending his 2021 Australian Open title due to being unvaccinated, and there’s a chance he will not be allowed to defend his 2021 French Open championship as well. 
On Sunday, Novak Djokovic lost his appeal to remain in Australia after his visa was canceled a second time on Friday due to his decision to remain unvaccinated. He was deported from the country later in the day. 
Also on Sunday, France approved a vaccine pass law which will require proof of vaccination in order to enter public places. This includes Roland Garros, home of the French Open. 
&#8220;The rule is simple. The vaccine pass will be imposed, as soon as the law is promulgated, in establishments that were already subject to the health pass,&#8221; the French Sports Ministry said according to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/no-vaccine-no-french-open-djokovic-says-french-sports-ministry-2022-01-17/">Reuters</a>.
&#8220;This will apply to everyone who is a spectator or a professional sportsperson,” the ministry continued. “And this until further notice.”
The ministry said that while things could change between now and the start of the French Open, there would be “no exemptions” to the vaccine requirement. 
&#8220;Now, as far as Roland Garros is concerned, it&#8217;s in May,” the ministry added. “The situation may change between now and then and we hope that it will be more favourable. So we&#8217;ll see, but clearly there&#8217;s no exemption.&#8221;
The French Open will be played from May 22 to June 5. 
Following the news that he had lost his visa appeal to remain in Australia and defend his 2021 Australian Open title, Djokovic said he was “uncomfortable” with all the attention focused on him over the past several weeks. 
“I am extremely disappointed with the court ruling to dismiss my application for judicial review of the Minister’s decision to cancel my visa, which means I cannot stay in Australia and participate in the Australian Open,” Djokovic <a href="https://twitter.com/BenRothenberg/status/1482623379761156096?s=20">said</a> in a statement.
“I respect the court’s ruling and I will cooperate with the relevant authorities in relation to my departure from the country,” he continued. “I am uncomfortable that the focus of the past weeks has been on me and I hope that we can all now focus on the game and tournament I love.”
The nine-time winner of the Australian Open first had his visa canceled on Thursday, January 6, by Australian authorities after he “failed to provide appropriate evidence to meet the entry requirements to Australia.”
Djokovic arrived in Australia Wednesday, January 5, in order to participate in the 2022 Australian Open and, after a lengthy standoff with Australian officials, was told that he would not be allowed into the country. Djokovic’s medical exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine — which was granted by Tennis Australia and the Victorian government — was the reason for the standoff.
The Victorian government is a state-level authority.
“The visa for Novak Djokovic has been cancelled,” Australian Minister for Health Greg Hunt <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/novak-djokovic-denied-entry-into-australia-visa-canceled">said</a> Wednesday. “Obviously, that follows a review of the exemption which was provided by the Victorian government process. They were looking at the integrity and the evidence behind it.”
“It’s a matter to him whether he wishes to appeal that, but if a visa is canceled, someone will have to leave the country,” Hunt continued.
Djokovic’s lawyers challenged the decision by Australian authorities, and it emerged that Djokovic was granted the medical exemption due to recovering from COVID-19 in December 2021. 
“Mr Djokovic had received, on 30 December 2021, a letter from the Chief Medical Officer of Tennis Australia recording that he had been provided with a ‘Medical exemption from COVID vaccination’ on the grounds that he had recently recovered from COVID,” according to documents <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/08/tennis/novak-djokovic-covid-australia-intl-spt/index.html">published</a> by Australia’s Federal Circuit Court on Saturday. 
After winning the appeal, Djokovic appeared set to play in the tournament, but his visa was cancelled a second time on Friday, this time by Australian Minister for Immigration Alex Hawke. 
“Today I exercised my power under section 133C(3) of the Migration Act to cancel the visa held by Mr Novak Djokovic on health and good order grounds, on the basis that it was in the public interest to do so,” Hawke said in a statement.
“The Morrison government is firmly committed to protecting Australia’s borders, particularly in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic,” the statement continued. 
As The Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jan/15/novak-djokovic-visa-australian-minister-alex-hawke-says-risk-of-civil-unrest-behind-cancellation">reported</a>, Hawke also discussed the potential for “civil unrest” in Australia due to Djokovic’s vaccination status.
“I consider that Mr Djokovic’s ongoing presence in Australia may lead to an increase in anti-vaccination sentiment generated in the Australian community, potentially leading to an increase in civil unrest of the kind previously experienced in Australia with rallies and protests which may themselves be a source of community transmission,” Hawke said.
Djokovic arrived in his home country of Serbia on Monday.
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The state of Washington this month turned away local county officials who offered to help clear away snow because they might not be unvaccinated.
After a &#8220;significant snowfall&#8221; in Kittitas County earlier this month around Jan. 5 and 6, county officials reached out to the Washington state transportation department on Tuesday offering to help clear the snow from state roadways.
The snowfall had caused the closure of two major highways, Interstate 90 and HWY 97 for three days, disrupting travel and the supply chain into Kittitas County. Freight deliveries were delayed, and access to services was &#8220;significantly impacted,&#8221; Kittitas County officials said
However, their help was rejected because Kittitas County does not have a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for county employees, so there was a chance that some of the workers who came to help the state clear the snow could be unvaccinated.
&#8220;Washington State informed Kittitas County they could not accept this assistance due to Kittitas County not mandating the COVID-19 vaccination for County employees. The Kittitas County Board of Commissioners is extremely disappointed with the States’ position to refuse assistance,&#8221; Kittitas County officials said in a press <a href="https://www.co.kittitas.wa.us/press/default.aspx?prID=11800">release</a> Wednesday.
The officials said that in October, Washington state dismissed all unvaccinated state employees, which resulted in 48 state employees no longer working on snow removal efforts in Kittitas County.
In November, Kittitas County signed an agreement with the Washington State Department of Transportation at the request of the department, which cited reduced staffing issues.
County officials panned the state&#8217;s decision to reject their help and called for ideologies to be put aside to get the job done.
“During these times, we need to be able to put differences aside and work to support one another,” Kittitas County Commissioner Laura Osiadacz said in the press release. “It needs to be neighbors helping neighbors and lending a hand to get the work done.”
“This county is ready, as always, to put all hands on deck to solve this problem. It’s time for logic and leadership to overcome ideology and allow skilled equipment operators working alone in their cabs to get this job done,” Commissioner Cory Wright said.
Commissioner Brett Wachsmith said in the press release that so far, an agreement on snow clearing has been reached with the state.
“I’m extremely proud of the work being done by our Public Works Department to be able to clear roads and be in a place to be able to lend a helping hand to the State,&#8221; Wachsmith said. &#8220;It is unfortunate given the circumstances an agreement could not have come to fruition because we all want what is best for our community.”
Many places, especially major cities, are tightening their vaccine policies as the newest coronavirus variant, Omicron, spreads rapidly across the country.
Meanwhile, the Biden administration&#8217;s nationwide vaccine mandate for large employers was blocked on Thursday in a significant blow to the administration&#8217;s COVID-19 response.
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General Electric, one of America&#8217;s largest employers, announced on Friday that it has suspended its coronavirus vaccine or test requirement for its employees after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked Democrat President Joe Biden&#8217;s vaccine mandate for large businesses this week.
&#8220;The maker of jet engines, wind turbines and medical scanners confirmed the decision Friday via email,&#8221; Bloomberg News <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-14/general-electric-halts-vaccine-rule-after-supreme-court-ruling">reported</a>. &#8220;GE is the first major company to announce a halt after the court’s decision Thursday to block the centerpiece of President Joe Biden’s push to boost Covid-19 vaccinations.&#8221;
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-strikes-massive-blow-against-bidens-employer-mandate" rel="noopener">reported</a> on Thursday that the ruling by the Supreme Court was a major victory for the mandate’s critics, including The Daily Wire which sued the Biden administration in November. The Daily Wire and others appealed to the Supreme Court to block the order after the Sixth Circuit lifted a stay put in place by the Fifth Circuit.
“OSHA’s COVID–19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard, 86 Fed. Reg. 61402, is stayed pending disposition of the applicants’ petitions for review in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and disposition of the applicants’ petitions for writs of certiorari, if such writs are timely sought. Should the petitions for writs of certiorari be denied, this order shall terminate automatically. In the event the petitions for writs of certiorari are granted, the order shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court,” the court concluded in a 6-3 decision.
Biden released a statement yesterday following the ruling in which he urged private employers to implement their own vaccine requirements after the Supreme Court blocked his mandate on businesses with over 100 employees.
“I am disappointed that the Supreme Court has chosen to block common-sense life-saving requirements for employees at large businesses that were grounded squarely in both science and the law,” Biden said. “This emergency standard allowed employers to require vaccinations or to permit workers to refuse to be vaccinated, so long as they were tested once a week and wore a mask at work: a very modest burden.”
“As a result of the Court’s decision, it is now up to States and individual employers to determine whether to make their workplaces as safe as possible for employees, and whether their businesses will be safe for consumers during this pandemic by requiring employees to take the simple and effective step of getting vaccinated,” Biden continued. “The Court has ruled that my administration cannot use the authority granted to it by Congress to require this measure, but that does not stop me from using my voice as President to advocate for employers to do the right thing to protect Americans’ health and economy. I call on business leaders to immediately join those who have already stepped up – including one third of Fortune 100 companies – and institute vaccination requirements to protect their workers, customers, and communities.”
This report has been updated to include additional information. 
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1) Supreme Court Rules Against Biden’s Private Employer Mandate 

The Topline: On Thursday, the highest court in the land ruled against the Biden administration’s OSHA mandate, which forces private employers to require their workers to be vaccinated or tested.
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The Ruling
In a massive blow to the Biden administration’s vaccine agenda, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Thursday against the OSHA mandate for private employers. The mandate, which would impact 85 million Americans, has been stayed, blocking the federal government from enforcing it.
Harmeet Dhillon is the founder of Dhillon Law Group, which has been working with The Daily Wire in its lawsuit against the mandate.
Dhillon said that the justices, in their majority opinion, used the narrowest ground to reach their ruling that a stay was appropriate for this OSHA workplace mandate. There is also a concurring opinion by Justices Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito, which is somewhat more broad. Finally, there was a dissent by Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Stephen Breyer.
The bottom line of the majority ruling of the Court was that the Occupational Safety and Health Act does not clearly authorize a vaccine mandate. 
The Court also noted in its majority opinion that there was a Senate vote on December 8 disapproving of the order, and that the order will force the petitioners in this case, the plaintiffs, to incur billions of dollars in unrecoverable compliance costs causing hundreds of thousands of employees to leave their jobs.
Concurring Opinion
The concurring opinion was led by Justice Gorsuch, and joined by Justices Thomas and Alito, who are considered to be the most conservative justices on the Court.
They discuss what&#8217;s called the “major questions test,” which is a doctrine that has to do with the administrative procedures. If Congress did not clearly speak in assigning OSHA the decision-making power, then the Court is not going to let them essentially make it up as they go.
The justices said this is a type of regulation that, if appropriate, states could do, or Congress could do, but it&#8217;s not something that OSHA can do by itself.
The case is going to go back down to the Sixth Circuit.
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2) Student Sentenced In Loudoun School Rape Case 

The Topline: The male student accused of raping a ninth-grade girl in a girls bathroom in Loudoun County last spring was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-loudoun-rapist-sentenced-put-on-sex-offender-registry-for-life">sentenced</a> on Wednesday in juvenile court. The case made national news when the female victim’s father was arrested at a school board meeting where parents were speaking out against the district’s transgender bathroom policy, which allows male students into girls’ bathrooms.
Quote Of The Day: “I question some of the decisions of the school system and prosecuting office for allowing the second assault to happen.”
– Scott Smith, victim’s father
The Sentencing
The judge said that the rapist was guilty of four crimes, and ordered him to residential treatment until he is 18 years old. She also ordered him to be placed on the sex offender registry. This is the first time the judge has taken that step for a minor.
The judge said that a psycho-sexual report on the offender was the most disturbing she has ever read, saying, “It scared me. It scared me for you; it scared me for society.”
Scott Smith and his wife were in court, as was their daughter and the assailant’s second victim. Smith was dragged out of a school board meeting in handcuffs because he was angry after the superintendent claimed there had never been any bathroom rapes in Loudoun. Smith said the case had torn his community apart, with “half of Loudoun County” refusing to patronize his business after liberals accused him of lying about the rape of his daughter, and the National School Board Association listing him in a letter that likened conservative parents to domestic terrorists.
On Wednesday, the rapist acknowledged the event was real, and he looked his victims in the eye and apologized “to you and you.” He was ultimately taken away in leg shackles as his mother blew him a kiss.
More Details
The judge said she was “cognizant” there was also a third victim.
Another issue in this case was the role of Buta Biberaj, a prosecutor who ran on a platform of reduced sentencing. She showed up in court and faced the victims.
Biberaj let the rapist out after the first incident, and Loudoun schools transferred him to a new school without properly disclosing information about the rape, which is how the second assault was able to occur.
What’s Next
The school system said it would commission an independent investigation into how it handled all of this in order to put community concerns to rest. Before sentencing, however, it was discovered that the investigation is complete, but the school system is going to keep its results secret.
Newly-elected Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) and his attorney general have discussed several laws and actions specifically designed around this case. One would allow the state attorney general to step in and prosecute crimes where a prosecutor seems to be refusing to enforce the law. Another is a state investigation into Loudoun’s handling of this event.
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3) Cable News Ratings Plummet 

The Topline: Cable news experienced a major disruption in 2021, with ratings down across the board.
The Ratings
Among the 18-49 demographic advertisers care most about, CNN crashed 90% from this time last year. While CNN is suffering the worst of the audience exodus, the other big players in the cable news game are struggling as well.
Fox is the dominant force in the industry, as it draws more viewers than MSNBC and CNN combined. However, while Fox is comparatively the ratings winner, its numbers also declined overall.
The conservative network is down 34% from the same time last year in the primetime block. Comparing 2020 to 2021, it suffered a steeper drop than MSNBC, which was down 28% year over year.
Potential Causes
It’s understandable that the numbers would come down after the first year of the pandemic, and the Trump administration tended to draw ratings. Before Trump, however, cable news overall had already been on a downward trend. Cable news saw huge spikes that are now seemingly being matched by equally huge drop-offs.
Industry Shifts
CNN fired Chris Cuomo over his unethical coverage of his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Brian Williams is out at MSNBC, and there are rumors that Joy Reid may be following him due to low ratings. Chris Wallace just left his role as host of “Fox News Sunday” to move to CNN’s streaming platform.
Big networks have also been turning their attention toward streaming in a serious way, and spending money on it.
Fox added Tucker Carlson to the Fox Nation subscription service, and launched a streaming weather channel.
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Red Cross 
The Red Cross is <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/red-cross-facing-blood-shortage-offers-donors-chance-to-win-super-bowl-2022-tickets-11642014510">offering</a> blood donors the chance to win tickets to the Super Bowl as it faces its steepest blood shortage in over ten years. The organization said there’s been a 10% overall drop in individuals donating blood throughout the pandemic. College and school blood drives have also dropped by over 60%.
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Today is a day of celebration. 
We said DO NOT COMPLY. You DID NOT COMPLY. In fact, over a million of you signed our petition saying as much. And today, we kicked the government’s ass. 
Today, the Supreme Court has decided, by a huge majority of 6 to 3, to stay the Biden Administration’s unconstitutional private employer vaccine mandate. 
It’s a tremendous day for the American people and for the founding idea that this is a limited government of enumerated powers, which exists to protect, not erode, the God-given freedoms of the people.
More, the court’s stay will prevail EVEN IF the 6th Circuit rules in favor of the Biden Administration at some future date. 
This spells all but certain doom for OSHA’s unimaginable overreach into the private health decisions of some 85 million Americans whose only crime is having a job at a company with more than 100 employees. 
According to the order of the court, and basic common sense, “Although COVID-19 is a risk that occurs in many workplaces, it is not an OCCUPATIONAL hazard in most. COVID-19 can and does spread at home, in schools, during sporting events, and everywhere else that people gather. That kind of universal risk is no different from the day-to-day dangers that all face from crime, air pollution, or any number of communicable diseases. Permitting OSHA to regulate the hazards of daily life – simply because most Americans have jobs and face those same risks while on the clock – would significantly expand OSHA’s regulatory authority without clear congressional authorization.”
And how. 
The order further states, “Although Congress has indisputably given OSHA the power to regulate occupational dangers, it has not given that agency the power to regulate public health more broadly. Requiring the vaccination of 84 million Americans, selected simply because they work for employers with more than 100 employees, certainly falls in the latter category.”
What does all of that mean? It means we won. It means we’re still free. 
It means the complainants, beginning with The Daily Wire, who brought the first in the nation lawsuit against the mandate, and the nearly 60 others, including the Federation of Independent Business and a coalition of states who were invited to give oral arguments before the court, have prevailed in our application for injunctive relief. 
And it means that, for today, and very likely forever, Joe Biden’s attempt to turn private employers into the enforcement arm of his federal vaccination scheme will not be implemented.
The scope of just how badly we beat the bastards is hard to overemphasize. 
Writing in concurrence with the order, Justices Gorsuch, Thomas, and Alito point out that, had OSHA’s rule been allowed to stand, “the law would afford [OSHA] almost unlimited discretion…”
Says the concurring opinion, “The question before us is not how to respond to the pandemic, but who holds the power to do so. The answer is clear: Under the law as it stands today, that power rests with the States and Congress, not OSHA.”
If the court were to grant such emergency powers, say the Justices, “declaration of emergencies would never end and the liberties our Constitution’s separation of powers seeks to preserve would amount to little.”
Total victory, not just for the millions of Americans who have exercised their right not to be vaccinated, but the millions more who oppose the tyranny of this mandate regardless of their vaccine status. 
And utter defeat for the government, which sought to enforce its will on the American people – literally INTO the American people – at threat of financial ruin just because they’re convinced they know better than you. 
Drink their tears, my friends, and enjoy your freedom. By the grace of God, you still have it.

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We Said Do Not Comply. We Won.

Occupational Health And Safety Administration (OSHA)

They said we&#8217;d get tired of winning. But just like the 15 days to slow the spread, our thirst for winning is never-ending.  
SCOTUS just blocked old-man Joe’s vaccine mandate for large employers, and as soon as he gets up from his nap, he&#8217;s going to be super bummed about it. So many big employers had already implemented some form of jab or job policy and many good Americans have been effectively forced out of their workplaces as a result. 
Well, thanks in part to The Daily Wire and its supporters, more Americans will now be able to keep their jobs. Something Joe Biden has a hard time doing during his presidency. That’s why code WINNING is trending — because sometimes you just gotta celebrate a bit. And by celebrate I mean rub it in their face. And by rub it in their face I mean get a bunch of new members to join The Daily Wire and keep this party going. 
Let’s be honest, 40% off a DW membership for the rest of the day is pretty epic. The office is buzzing right now, and it’s pretty wild to be a small part of something that will have such a big effect on people’s lives. But enough of the mushy stuff.  I want to think about the W. Picking up the dub is definitely going to make Pelosi’s eyebrows reach new heights. Oh! And Fauci! What’s he thinking right now? He’s probably trying to figure out how to prolong his relevance just a bit longer. Maybe another photoshoot for a fashion magazine? What was it, InStyle? What is the political equivalent to a bat flip, or leaving your hand up after a game-winning three, or running to a corner flag after scoring a goal in the world cup? (Yes I like soccer, I know, I’m a commie whatever…) But we need some sort of sports-like celebration to do.  
The only thing I can think of is to fire off memes. We have a nice little meme team over here and in a short time, they’ve started launching some tasty digital meme missiles. I don’t meme as much as I used to but I do get into it every now and then. For the most part, we have some memesmiths that craft the daily digital weaponry that y’all see.  So here’s a few celebration memes for you to fire off. Enjoy the win. 
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Winning. They Said We’d Get Tired Of It.

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) vaccine mandate, while blocking the mandate for U.S. businesses with 100 or more employees. 
Justices Brett Kavanaugh, John Roberts, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, and Elena Kagen ruled to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-blocks-biden-vaccine-or-test-policy-large-businesses-2022-01-13/">uphold</a> the CMS mandate while Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett dissented. 
The mandate covers approximately 10 million healthcare workers at roughly 76,000 hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare facilities. The majority in the CMS case argued that the government had the ability to mandate the vaccine as it dealt with facilities that received Medicare and Medicaid funding. 
&#8220;After all, ensuring that providers take steps to avoid transmitting a dangerous virus to their patients is consistent with the fundamental principle of the medical profession: first, do no harm,&#8221; the court ruling stated. 
This ruling ended a block on the mandate that had been put in place in over 24 states by judges in Missouri and Louisiana. Another block on the mandate from a Texas judge was not impacted by the ruling. 
“In November 2021, the Secretary announced that, in order to receive Medicare and Medicaid funding, participating facilities must ensure that their staff—unless exempt for medical or religious reasons—are vaccinated against COVID–19,” the court&#8217;s decision <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/21a240_d18e.pdf">explained</a>. “Two District Courts enjoined enforcement of the rule, and the Government now asks us to stay those injunctions. Agreeing that it is entitled to such relief, we grant the applications.”
Now, most healthcare workers across the country have until the end of February to comply with the mandate. 
In his dissent, Thomas argued that CMS does not have the authority to force healthcare workers to take the vaccine. 
“These cases are not about the efficacy or importance of COVID–19 vaccines. They are only about whether CMS has the statutory authority to force healthcare workers, by coercing their employers, to undergo a medical procedure they do not want and cannot undo,” he wrote. 
The mandate has led to concerns about worker shortages at healthcare facilities. Mayo Clinic <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hospitals-struggle-with-covid-related-worker-shortages-many-fired-unvaccinated-workers">let</a> go about 700 of its employees due to its vaccine mandate earlier this month. 
“Some providers have said the vaccine stipulation could result in massive employee losses and force closures due to already historic staffing shortages,” McKnight’s Long-Term Care News <a href="https://www.mcknights.com/news/breaking-cms-vaccine-mandate-upheld/">reported</a>. “A McKnight’s Long-Term Care News survey in late December found 75% of U.S. nursing homes restricted admissions due to staffing shortages or related pandemic issues in 2021.”
While the court did allow the CMS mandate to go forward, it blocked the mandate for businesses with 100 or more employees. 
“Technically, the Supreme Court wasn’t considering the full merits of the administration’s mandates,” the Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-blocks-biden-vaccine-rules-for-private-employers-allows-them-for-healthcare-workers-11642103130">explained</a>. “Instead, the justices heard the cases on an emergency basis to decide whether the regulations could go into effect right now while more detailed litigation continued in the lower courts.”
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Supreme Court Allows CMS Vaccine Mandate For Healthcare Workers To Go Forward

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The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for employers with at least 100 employees.
On November 4, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) ordered all companies with at least 100 employees to ensure that they were either vaccinated against COVID-19 or tested weekly. The order was immediately met with opposition, including from The Daily Wire, which was the first business to sue the Biden administration in the Sixth Circuit. 
This was the first time since 1970 that the Supreme Court heard a case over a stay, and the majority of justices signaled their opposition to the rule during hearings last Friday. 
On Thursday, the Supreme Court blocked the vaccine mandate in a 6-3 decision, with all conservative justices concurring, and the three liberal justices dissenting.   
Read the <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/21a244_hgci.pdf">decision</a> and the majority opinion below:
<blockquote>The Secretary of Labor, acting through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, recently enacted a vaccine mandate for much of the Nation’s work force. The mandate, which employers must enforce, applies to roughly 84 million workers, covering virtually all employers with at least 100 employees. It requires that covered workers receive a COVID–19 vaccine, and it pre-empts contrary state laws. The only exception is for workers who obtain a medical test each week at their own expense and on their own time, and also wear a mask each workday. OSHA has never before imposed such a mandate. Nor has Congress. Indeed, although Congress has enacted significant legislation addressing the COVID–19 pandemic, it has declined to enact any measure similar to what OSHA has promulgated here. 
Many States, businesses, and nonprofit organizations challenged OSHA’s rule in Courts of Appeals across the country. The Fifth Circuit initially entered a stay. But when the cases were consolidated before the Sixth Circuit, that court lifted the stay and allowed OSHA’s rule to take effect. Applicants now seek emergency relief from this Court, arguing that OSHA’s mandate exceeds its statutory authority and is otherwise unlawful. Agreeing that applicants are likely to prevail, we grant their applications and stay the rule.
Congress enacted the Occupational Safety and Health Act in 1970. 84 Stat. 1590, 29 U. S. C. §651 et seq. The Act created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which is part of the Department of Labor and under the supervision of its Secretary. As its name suggests, OSHA is tasked with ensuring occupational safety— that is, “safe and healthful working conditions.” §651(b). It does so by enforcing occupational safety and health standards promulgated by the Secretary. §655(b). Such standards must be “reasonably necessary or appropriate to provide safe or healthful employment.” §652(8) (emphasis added). They must also be developed using a rigorous process that includes notice, comment, and an opportunity for a public hearing. §655(b). 
The Act contains an exception to those ordinary noticeand-comment procedures for “emergency temporary standards.” §655(c)(1). Such standards may “take immediate effect upon publication in the Federal Register.” Ibid. They are permissible, however, only in the narrowest of circumstances: the Secretary must show (1) “that employees are exposed to grave danger from exposure to substances or agents determined to be toxic or physically harmful or from new hazards,” and (2) that the “emergency standard is necessary to protect employees from such danger.” Ibid. Prior to the emergence of COVID–19, the Secretary had used this power just nine times before (and never to issue a rule as broad as this one). Of those nine emergency rules, six were challenged in court, and only one of those was upheld in full. See BST Holdings, L.L.C. v. Occupational Safety and Health Admin., 17 F. 4th 604, 609 (CA5 2021). 
On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced “a new plan to require more Americans to be vaccinated.” Remarks on the COVID–19 Response and National Vaccination Efforts, 2021 Daily Comp. of Pres. Doc. 775, p. 2. As part of that plan, the President said that the Department of Labor would issue an emergency rule requiring all employers with at least 100 employees “to ensure their workforces are fully vaccinated or show a negative test at least once a week.” Ibid. The purpose of the rule was to increase vaccination rates at “businesses all across America.” Ibid. In tandem with other planned regulations, the administration’s goal was to impose “vaccine requirements” on “about 100 million Americans, two-thirds of all workers.” Id., at 3. 
After a 2-month delay, the Secretary of Labor issued the promised emergency standard. 86 Fed. Reg. 61402 (2021). Consistent with President Biden’s announcement, the rule applies to all who work for employers with 100 or more employees. There are narrow exemptions for employees who work remotely “100 percent of the time” or who “work exclusively outdoors,” but those exemptions are largely illusory. Id., at 61460. The Secretary has estimated, for example, that only nine percent of landscapers and groundskeepers qualify as working exclusively outside. Id., at 61461. The regulation otherwise operates as a blunt instrument. It draws no distinctions based on industry or risk of exposure to COVID–19. Thus, most lifeguards and linemen face the same regulations as do medics and meatpackers. OSHA estimates that 84.2 million employees are subject to its mandate. Id., at 61467. 
Covered employers must “develop, implement, and enforce a mandatory COVID–19 vaccination policy.” Id., at 61402. The employer must verify the vaccination status of each employee and maintain proof of it. Id., at 61552. The mandate does contain an “exception” for employers that require unvaccinated workers to “undergo [weekly] COVID– 19 testing and wear a face covering at work in lieu of vaccination.” Id., at 61402. But employers are not required to offer this option, and the emergency regulation purports to pre-empt state laws to the contrary. Id., at 61437. Unvaccinated employees who do not comply with OSHA’s rule must be “removed from the workplace.” Id., at 61532. And employers who commit violations face hefty fines: up to $13,653 for a standard violation, and up to $136,532 for a willful one. 29 CFR §1903.15(d) (2021). 
OSHA published its vaccine mandate on November 5, 2021. Scores of parties—including States, businesses, trade groups, and nonprofit organizations—filed petitions for review, with at least one petition arriving in each regional Court of Appeals. The cases were consolidated in the Sixth Circuit, which was selected at random pursuant to 28 U. S. C. §2112(a). 
Prior to consolidation, however, the Fifth Circuit stayed OSHA’s rule pending further judicial review. BST Holdings, 17 F. 4th 604. It held that the mandate likely exceeded OSHA’s statutory authority, raised separation-ofpowers concerns in the absence of a clear delegation from Congress, and was not properly tailored to the risks facing different types of workers and workplaces. 
When the consolidated cases arrived at the Sixth Circuit, two things happened. First, many of the petitioners—nearly 60 in all—requested initial hearing en banc. Second, OSHA asked the Court of Appeals to vacate the Fifth Circuit’s existing stay. The Sixth Circuit denied the request for initial hearing en banc by an evenly divided 8-to-8 vote. In re MCP No. 165, 20 F. 4th 264 (2021). Chief Judge Sutton dissented, joined by seven of his colleagues. He reasoned that the Secretary’s “broad assertions of administrative power demand unmistakable legislative support,” which he found lacking. Id., at 268. A three-judge panel then dissolved the Fifth Circuit’s stay, holding that OSHA’s mandate was likely consistent with the agency’s statutory and constitutional authority. See In re MCP No. 165, 2021 WL 5989357, ___ F. 4th ___ (CA6 2021). Judge Larsen dissented. 
Various parties then filed applications in this Court requesting that we stay OSHA’s emergency standard. We consolidated two of those applications—one from the National Federation of Independent Business, and one from a coalition of States—and heard expedited argument on January 7, 2022. 
The Sixth Circuit concluded that a stay of the rule was not justified. We disagree. 
Applicants are likely to succeed on the merits of their claim that the Secretary lacked authority to impose the mandate. Administrative agencies are creatures of statute. They accordingly possess only the authority that Congress has provided. The Secretary has ordered 84 million Americans to either obtain a COVID–19 vaccine or undergo weekly medical testing at their own expense. This is no “everyday exercise of federal power.” In re MCP No. 165, 20 F. 4th, at 272 (Sutton, C. J., dissenting). It is instead a significant encroachment into the lives—and health—of a vast number of employees. “We expect Congress to speak clearly when authorizing an agency to exercise powers of vast economic and political significance.” Alabama Assn. of Realtors v. Department of Health and Human Servs., 594 U. S. ___, ___ (2021) (per curiam) (slip op., at 6) (internal quotation marks omitted). There can be little doubt that OSHA’s mandate qualifies as an exercise of such authority. 
The question, then, is whether the Act plainly authorizes the Secretary’s mandate. It does not. The Act empowers the Secretary to set workplace safety standards, not broad public health measures. See 29 U. S. C. §655(b) (directing the Secretary to set “occupational safety and health standards” (emphasis added)); §655(c)(1) (authorizing the Secretary to impose emergency temporary standards necessary to protect “employees” from grave danger in the workplace). Confirming the point, the Act’s provisions typically speak to hazards that employees face at work. See, e.g., §§651, 653, 657. And no provision of the Act addresses public health more generally, which falls outside of OSHA’s sphere of expertise. 
The dissent protests that we are imposing “a limit found no place in the governing statute.” Post, at 7 (joint opinion of BREYER, SOTOMAYOR, and KAGAN, JJ.). Not so. It is the text of the agency’s Organic Act that repeatedly makes clear that OSHA is charged with regulating “occupational” hazards and the safety and health of “employees.” See, e.g., 29 U. S. C. §§652(8), 654(a)(2), 655(b)–(c). 
The Solicitor General does not dispute that OSHA is limited to regulating “work-related dangers.” Response Brief for OSHA in No. 21A244 etc., p. 45 (OSHA Response). She instead argues that the risk of contracting COVID–19 qualifies as such a danger. We cannot agree. Although COVID– 19 is a risk that occurs in many workplaces, it is not an occupational hazard in most. COVID–19 can and does spread at home, in schools, during sporting events, and everywhere else that people gather. That kind of universal risk is no different from the day-to-day dangers that all face from crime, air pollution, or any number of communicable diseases. Permitting OSHA to regulate the hazards of daily life—simply because most Americans have jobs and face those same risks while on the clock—would significantly expand OSHA’s regulatory authority without clear congressional authorization. 
The dissent contends that OSHA’s mandate is comparable to a fire or sanitation regulation imposed by the agency. See post, at 7–9. But a vaccine mandate is strikingly unlike the workplace regulations that OSHA has typically imposed. A vaccination, after all, “cannot be undone at the end of the workday.” In re MCP No. 165, 20 F. 4th, at 274 (Sutton, C. J., dissenting). Contrary to the dissent’s contention, imposing a vaccine mandate on 84 million Americans in response to a worldwide pandemic is simply not “part of what the agency was built for.” Post, at 10. 
That is not to say OSHA lacks authority to regulate occupation-specific risks related to COVID–19. Where the virus poses a special danger because of the particular features of an employee’s job or workplace, targeted regulations are plainly permissible. We do not doubt, for example, that OSHA could regulate researchers who work with the COVID–19 virus. So too could OSHA regulate risks associated with working in particularly crowded or cramped environments. But the danger present in such workplaces differs in both degree and kind from the everyday risk of contracting COVID–19 that all face. OSHA’s indiscriminate approach fails to account for this crucial distinction— between occupational risk and risk more generally—and accordingly the mandate takes on the character of a general public health measure, rather than an “occupational safety or health standard.” 29 U. S. C. §655(b) (emphasis added). 
In looking for legislative support for the vaccine mandate, the dissent turns to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Pub. L. 117–2, 135 Stat. 4. See post, at 8. That legislation, signed into law on March 11, 2021, of course said nothing about OSHA’s vaccine mandate, which was not announced until six months later. In fact, the most noteworthy action concerning the vaccine mandate by either House of Congress has been a majority vote of the Senate disapproving the regulation on December 8, 2021. S. J. Res. 29, 117th Cong., 1st Sess. (2021). 
It is telling that OSHA, in its half century of existence, has never before adopted a broad public health regulation of this kind—addressing a threat that is untethered, in any causal sense, from the workplace. This “lack of historical precedent,” coupled with the breadth of authority that the Secretary now claims, is a “telling indication” that the mandate extends beyond the agency’s legitimate reach. Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Bd., 561 U. S. 477, 505 (2010) (internal quotation marks omitted). 
The equities do not justify withholding interim relief. We are told by the States and the employers that OSHA’s mandate will force them to incur billions of dollars in unrecoverable compliance costs and will cause hundreds of thousands of employees to leave their jobs. See Application in No. 21A244, pp. 25–32; Application in No. 21A247, pp. 32– 33; see also 86 Fed. Reg. 61475. For its part, the Federal Government says that the mandate will save over 6,500 lives and prevent hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations. OSHA Response 83; see also 86 Fed. Reg. 61408. 
It is not our role to weigh such tradeoffs. In our system of government, that is the responsibility of those chosen by the people through democratic processes. Although Congress has indisputably given OSHA the power to regulate occupational dangers, it has not given that agency the power to regulate public health more broadly. Requiring the vaccination of 84 million Americans, selected simply because they work for employers with more than 100 employees, certainly falls in the latter category.
The applications for stays presented to JUSTICE KAVANAUGH and by him referred to the Court are granted. 
OSHA’s COVID–19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard, 86 Fed. Reg. 61402, is stayed pending disposition of the applicants’ petitions for review in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and disposition of the applicants’ petitions for writs of certiorari, if such writs are timely sought. Should the petitions for writs of certiorari be denied, this order shall terminate automatically. In the event the petitions for writs of certiorari are granted, the order shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court. 
It is so ordered. </blockquote>
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READ IT: Supreme Court’s Massive Blow Against Biden’s Vax Mandate

Democrat President Joe Biden released a statement on Thursday afternoon urging private employers to implement their own vaccine requirements after the Supreme Court blocked his vaccine-or-test mandate on businesses with over 100 employees.
&#8220;I am disappointed that the Supreme Court has chosen to block common-sense life-saving requirements for employees at large businesses that were grounded squarely in both science and the law,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;This emergency standard allowed employers to require vaccinations or to permit workers to refuse to be vaccinated, so long as they were tested once a week and wore a mask at work: a very modest burden.&#8221;
&#8220;As a result of the Court’s decision, it is now up to States and individual employers to determine whether to make their workplaces as safe as possible for employees, and whether their businesses will be safe for consumers during this pandemic by requiring employees to take the simple and effective step of getting vaccinated,&#8221; Biden continued. &#8220;The Court has ruled that my administration cannot use the authority granted to it by Congress to require this measure, but that does not stop me from using my voice as President to advocate for employers to do the right thing to protect Americans’ health and economy. I call on business leaders to immediately join those who have already stepped up – including one third of Fortune 100 companies – and institute vaccination requirements to protect their workers, customers, and communities.&#8221;
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-strikes-massive-blow-against-bidens-employer-mandate">reported</a> earlier this afternoon that the decision was a major victory for the mandate’s critics, including The Daily Wire which sued the Biden administration in November. The Daily Wire and others appealed to the Supreme Court to block the order after the Sixth Circuit lifted a stay put in place by the Fifth Circuit.
“OSHA’s COVID–19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard, 86 Fed. Reg. 61402, is stayed pending disposition of the applicants’ petitions for review in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and disposition of the applicants’ petitions for writs of certiorari, if such writs are timely sought. Should the petitions for writs of certiorari be denied, this order shall terminate automatically. In the event the petitions for writs of certiorari are granted, the order shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court,” the court concluded in a 6-3 decision.
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Biden Urges Businesses To ‘Institute Vaccination Requirements’ After Supreme Court Blow

When the Brooklyn Nets announced in December that unvaccinated star point guard Kyrie Irving would be allowed to play in the team’s road games, many of us wondered what that meant for Brooklyn’s chances of winning the 2021-2022 NBA championship. 
While Irving’s presence on the court will certainly help Brooklyn in its pursuit of the top seed in the Eastern Conference, as well as allowing stars Kevin Durant and James Harden to play fewer minutes, come postseason time, Irving’s inability to play at Barclays Center in Brooklyn would severely hinder the organization&#8217;s chances of reaching and winning the NBA Finals. 
But there is a loophole to this problem, according to Stefan Bondy of <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/nets/ny-nets-kyrie-vaccine-20220112-vhw3aptgzffwphs6jvqzjtbuce-story.html">The New York Daily News</a>. 
In order to play in Brooklyn home games or at Madison Square Garden where the New York Knicks play, Irving would need to be vaccinated due to local New York City regulations, or pay a fine, according to the NY Daily News. 
In August, then-NYC mayor Bill de Blasio (D) put out an <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/225-001/emergency-executive-order-225">executive order</a> which required players to be vaccinated in order to play in “certain covered premises.” In the executive order, the subsequent fines for an individual who violates the rules are laid out, starting with a $1,000 fine for the first violation. 
A second violation within a twelve-month period will warrant a $2,000 fine, with every violation thereafter costing the individual $5,000. 
Let’s consider how many home games the Nets potentially could play during the NBA playoffs. Brooklyn currently sits second in the Eastern Conference, but to make this easier to understand, let’s say they finish as the conference&#8217;s top seed. 
As the top seed, the Nets would have a maximum of four home games per round. With four rounds — including the NBA Finals — the Nets would have a maximum of 16 home games. Irving would be fined $3,000 for the first two games he plays, and then a total of $70,000 for the remaining 14 home games in which he plays, when Irving playing is a violation of New York City’s executive order. 
Irving makes more than $400,000 per game. 
The odds of this happening seem small, as the backlash would be immense, but props to Bondy for doing the necessary research and pointing out the loophole. 
Irving has played in two games since Brooklyn allowed him to be a “part-time” player, averaging 22 points and 4 assists per game in 36 minutes. 
The entire situation around Irving has been a fiasco from the beginning. 
In mid-October, Nets general manager Sean Marks announced that Irving would not be part of the organization “until he is eligible to be a full participant.” At the time, Marks would not allow Irving to play in just Brooklyn’s road games, which would have made him  a “part-time player.” That thinking changed in the middle of December when the Nets were hit particularly hard by COVID-19, forcing Marks and the Nets to do an about-face regarding Irving’s position on the team, allowing him to return as a “part-time” player for Brooklyn’s remaining road games.
The decision to allow Irving to play has enraged many in the media, including ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, who even said he was open to the league mandating the COVID-19 vaccination for players. 
“I think it’s a horrible move. I think it’s a disgraceful move,” Smith <a href="https://youtu.be/5YJpMEL-q3Y">said</a> when asked if bringing Irving back was the best move for the Nets’ organization. “I think that Nets ownership is incredibly disappointing and I think that the league should intervene.” 
“I’m open to the league invoking its ‘best interest of the game’ clause and mandating that everybody be vaccinated in some capacity,” Smith <a href="https://youtu.be/5YJpMEL-q3Y">continued</a>. 
The Nets next road game is against the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night.
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Report: There Could Be A Way For Kyrie Irving To Play In Brooklyn Home Games, Money Is The Potential Answer

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Congressman Bob Good (R-VA) is criticizing several of his GOP colleagues who recently anonymously told The Hill that the Virginia representative was condemned by fellow Republicans after he suggested boycotting the popular conservative social spot, The Capitol Hill Club, due to its compliance with Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser&#8217;s COVID-19 vaccine passport mandate.
On Tuesday, The Hill <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/589196-conservatives-push-for-boycott-of-gop-club-over-dc-vaccine-mandate">reported</a> that Good urged his colleagues to boycott a storied, private Republican club near the Capitol to protest an indoor vaccine mandate imposed by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), which is set to take effect this week.
The Hill claimed that Good &#8220;stood up in a closed-door GOP conference meeting Tuesday and told colleagues they should refuse to patronize the 70-year-old Capitol Hill Club, eliciting support from some conservatives in the room&#8221; according to anonymous sources.
As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/starting-saturday-youll-need-photo-id-to-enter-most-d-c-businesses">reported</a> Tuesday, starting this Saturday, D.C. will require nearly every indoor business in the city to verify vaccination as well ask for photo ID from patrons. The Capitol Hill Club, a 70-year-old Republican club located near the Capitol building, announced on its website that it will be complying with the vaccine mandate order.
The Hill claims that Congressman Ken Calvert (R-CA) and Jeff Duncan (R-SC) pushed back against Good and said the club was only following city orders
“For some, there’s a mentality of &#8216;burn the house down,'&#8221; one anonymous GOP member privy to the conversation told the D.C.-based website. “The majority of the conference was in the camp of you need to protect the club.&#8221;
The Hill claimed a second GOP member present said, &#8220;He can always just drop his membership.&#8221;
&#8220;I hear the Democratic Club is hurting for new members and worried about how they will keep their doors open next January,&#8221; the unnamed congressman reportedly added.
The Daily Wire reached out Good for comment. The Virginia lawmaker refused to comment on specific conversations but did state that he will absolutely be encouraging all Republicans to not comply with Bowser&#8217;s orders.
“My constituents want to know that I am fighting vaccine mandates at every level. In an attempt to paint me in a bad light with the political elites and donor class in Washington, the anonymous leaker inadvertently revealed that some DC insiders are encouraging compliance with mandates, while they claim to their constituents back home that they are here in DC fighting for healthcare freedom,&#8221; Good said in an email.
He also took fault with Republicans who leak to the press.
&#8220;While I don’t leak to the press what my colleagues say in these closed-door Republican meetings, I’m not afraid to say publicly that we should stand up and say &#8216;no&#8217; to Mayor Bowser’s vaccine passports, refuse to comply, and also remind her that Congress ultimately must approve the DC budget. I must also say that I admire the courage of my fellow members who provide anonymous quotes to the press,&#8221; he added.
The congressman has been vocal against all vaccine mandates, regardless of their location. On Tuesday, Good also tweeted &#8220;Virginia Republicans must act now to prohibit and prevent all unconstitutional mandates,&#8221; in response to the University of Virginia&#8217;s vaccine mandate which could potentially kick students out of enrollment if they do not show proof of a booster by January 14.
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Virginia Republicans must act now to prohibit and prevent all unconstitutional mandates. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/vaccinemandates?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#vaccinemandates</a>
— Congressman Bob Good (@RepBobGood) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepBobGood/status/1481010172843724810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2022</a></blockquote>
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