Biden's COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate 'a Travesty,' Sen. Ron Johnson Says

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🗓️ 5 November 2021

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President Joe Biden has rolled out a COVID-19 vaccine mandate affecting about 80 million American workers.

Biden is ordering all businesses and other organizations with 100 or more employees to make sure those employees either become vaccinated or are tested weekly for the disease.

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., says he is outraged by what he views as a massive government overreach.

Vaccine mandates "are freedom-robbing," Johnson says. "They're unbelievably coercive."

"I've always thought that nobody should be pressured, coerced, or fear reprisal for refusing any medical treatment, including the COVID vaccine," Johnson adds. "But we've just turned our society, our laws, our ethics on their head during this pandemic. It's time for Americans to reclaim their freedom."

Johnson joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss what he and congressional colleagues plan to do about Biden's largest vaccine mandate, as well as to share some stories of Americans who have been affected by side effects of the COVID-19 vaccines.

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0:00.0	There's so much I can't explain in our response to COVID, but I can't tell you it's been
0:06.2	a miserable failure.
0:07.8	750,000 Americans, dead either from or with COVID, I mean, the trillions of dollars, the
0:15.5	psychological harm to our society, to our loss of freedom, to children.
0:22.0	This has not been an effective policy response.
0:24.1	I don't know why anybody would continue to listen to the Fauci's of the world.
0:27.0	I have no idea why they would.
0:31.0	That was Senator Ron Johnson, Republican from Wisconsin.
0:36.6	And this is the daily signal podcast for Friday, November 5th.
0:39.9	I'm Virginia Allen.
0:41.2	And I'm Doug Blair.
0:42.9	President Biden has officially rolled out his vaccine mandate plan.
0:47.0	The president has ordered all businesses with 100 employees or more to force their employees
0:51.7	to either become vaccinated or face-weekly testing.
0:55.6	Senator Ron Johnson, Republican Senator representing Wisconsin, is outraged by what he sees as massive
1:01.6	federal overreach.
1:03.2	Johnson joins the show to discuss what he and his congressional colleagues are planning
1:06.6	to do about the mandate, as well as share some stories of people who've been impacted
1:11.0	by vaccine side effects.
1:12.8	But before we get to Doug's conversation with Senator Johnson, let's hit our top new
1:17.2	stories of the day.
1:29.2	On Thursday, the Biden administration formally announced that it would require businesses
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