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RandySF

(59,614 posts)
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 08:12 PM Jan 2022

Trump calls on supporters to 'rise up' against vaccine mandates on the eve of January 6

Former President Donald Trump called on his supporters to "rise up" against possible vaccine mandates for "school-aged children" on the eve of the first anniversary of the January 6 insurrection led by his supporters.

"Now, there's talk by the Biden Administration again about closing schools and even vaccine mandates for school children," Trump said in a statement released by his Save America PAC. "This is an outrage, and MAGA nation should rise up and oppose this egregious federal government overreach."

Trump's statement pointed to news reports that the Detroit Public Schools Community District could impose a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for all students before the start of the next school year. The district, Michigan's largest, currently has a vaccine mandate for staff that will go into effect next month, local station WXYZ reports. Superintendent Nikolai Vitti told the station the mandate could be extended to students if it passes a legal review.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that all Americans age five and older receive a COVID-19 shot. Vaccine mandates for public school students are typically enforced at the state level. According to the National Conference on State Legislatures, all 50 states have various requirements for other vaccinations for public school students.






https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-vaccine-mandates-rise-up-quote-january-6-2022-1

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FloridaBlues

(4,013 posts)
2. The longer this virus stays the more Biden administration unfairly
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 08:18 PM
Jan 2022

Gets criticized and blamed. Simple as that and these fools don’t care about the common good. There’s more law suites then we can keep up with against mandates.

NickB79

(19,283 posts)
5. My kid was required to get all manner of vaccinations before school
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 08:22 PM
Jan 2022

So was I. So was my dad. Mumps, measles, rubella, whooping cough, polio, tetanus, chickenpox. My dad was required to get the smallpox vaccine.

So there's nothing outrageous about adding COVID to the list.

Dan

(3,585 posts)
6. Trump is a private citizen now, not protected by the POTUS shield.
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 08:56 PM
Jan 2022

Could he now be subject to some legal actions, a sane person wonders?

Eliot Rosewater

(31,131 posts)
9. There is no answer anymore. it is almost completely out of control now. He has the IQ
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 09:08 PM
Jan 2022

of less than 70, this is intellectually challenged.

We are broken.

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