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Anderson Cooper 360

Pres. Biden to GOP critics looking to challenge new vaccine requirements in court: 'Have at it'

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

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3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Pres. Joe Biden challenged Republicans to test his new vaccine requirements in court as he stressed his administration's commitment to keeping students safe when he visited a Washington, DC, middle school on Friday. Biden addressed criticism from Republicans, including several governors, who say his new plan amounts to government overreach and that they plan to challenge it in court. The Republican National Committee has said it plans to sue the administration over the stringent new measures. "Have at it. Look, I am so disappointed that, particularly some of the Republican governors have been so cavalier with the health of these kids, so cavalier with the health of their communities," Biden said. For perspective on the actions, and the GOP reaction, Dr. Jerome Adams, who served as U.S. Surgeon General under President Trump and Robert Reich, a Clinton-era Secretary of Labor, the Department that is drafting the business rules for the mandate, join the program.  Plus, in just four days the final votes will be cast in the California recall election. Former California Governor Jerry Brown joins AC360 to discuss the race. Date: September 10, 2021   Guests: Jerome Adams Robert Reich Jerry Brown   To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good evening.

0:01.0

To hear Republican governors tell it, President Biden's new mandate for businesses with more

0:06.6

than 100 workers is dictatorial, unlawful, un-American, un-constitutional, a war against capitalism.

0:14.8

One said it's smacks of the Soviet Union.

0:17.5

Another suggested it's time to use the 25th Amendment and unseat the president.

0:22.1

I'm John Berman, in for Anderson.

0:24.3

On a night when hysteria is high, insincerely low, when it comes to Republican reaction to

0:29.9

the new mandate, President Biden announced Thursday.

0:32.7

Today the White House said those orders should go into effect in weeks, Biden today unfazed

0:38.2

about the reaction from those governors.

0:42.2

What is your message to Republicans who are calling your vaccine requirements and overreach

0:47.8

who are threatening to challenge it in court?

0:51.0

Have at it.

0:53.2

And let me note up front, we invited 15 of those Republican governors to come on the

0:57.0

show tonight to explain their legal reasoning.

1:00.0

I'll save you the suspense.

1:01.0

All said they could not or didn't respond.

1:04.0

You get the drift.

1:05.3

The ultimate reason is simple.

1:07.6

This is not what they say it is.

1:10.2

These governors who save vaccine requirements are awful.

1:13.1

You know what they have?

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