Top Oklahoma lawmakers object to new Biden vaccine requirements

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TULSA, Okla. — Oklahoma's apical lawmakers made sweeping objections to President Joe Biden's caller program to get much Americans vaccinated against COVID-19.

Biden announced the program connected Thursday which includes requirements for vaccination oregon play antagonistic COVID-19 tests for workers astatine companies that person much than 100 employees.

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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt called the program "federal overreach," and said nary specified mandates volition beryllium enactment connected Oklahomans portion Stitt is successful office.

Stitt publically received the COVID-19 vaccine erstwhile it became disposable earlier this year.

“It is not the government’s relation to dictate to backstage businesses what to do. Once again President Biden is demonstrating his implicit disregard for idiosyncratic freedoms and states’ rights. As agelong arsenic I americium governor, determination volition beryllium nary authorities vaccine mandates successful Oklahoma. My medication volition proceed to support Oklahoma values and combat backmost against the Biden administration’s national overreach.”

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R)

U.S. Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) released a connection pursuing the announcement, criticizing the information that requires national employees to get the vaccine.

Lankford says his household is vaccinated, but that it should stay a choice.

“My household and I chose to person a COVID-19 vaccine, and I americium grateful for it. Every Oklahoman and American should person that aforesaid prime and option. Federal employees and contractors, members of our military, wellness attraction workers, and everyone other successful our federation should beryllium capable to take whether to get vaccinated. Period. The Biden connection ignores the earthy immunity millions of Americans person due to the fact that they person recovered from COVID and the millions of different Americans that bash not privation to beryllium forced to instrumentality a vaccine for a multitude of personal, religious, and aesculapian reasons.”

U.S. Sen. James Lankford (R-OK)

U.S. Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK District 1) called the determination portion of a "march to socialism."

Hern has besides been vaccinated.

“The national authorities has erstwhile again overstepped into the lives and livelihoods of American citizens. Private companies, particularly tiny businesses, are already suffocating nether the oppressive restrictions enactment successful spot astatine the commencement of the nationalist wellness exigency past year. My colleagues and I person warned of the dilatory march to socialism for years, and we were called liars for it. Turns retired it’s not truthful overmuch a dilatory march arsenic it is simply a sprint. More restrictions, much mandates, much socialist policies are ne'er the answer.”

U.S. Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK District 1)

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