President Donald Trump will sign an executive order to reinstate service members kicked out of the military for declining to get COVID-19 vaccines, according to the White House.
“The Executive Order directs the Secretary of Defense to reinstate all members of the military (active and reserve) who were discharged for refusing the COVID vaccine and who request to be reinstated,” according to the White House fact sheet.
The service members who are reinstated will be restored to their prior rank and will be provided back pay and benefits, according to the fact sheet.
“From 2021 to 2023, the Biden Administration and former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin discharged over 8,000 troops solely due to their COVID-19 vaccination status,” the fact sheet notes. “After the vaccine mandate was repealed in 2023, only 43 of the more than the 8,000 troops dismissed elected to return to service under the Biden Administration and Secretary Austin.”
Trump pledged to make the move during his inauguration speech.
“This week I will reinstate any service members who were unjustly expelled from our military for objecting to the COVID vaccine mandate, with full back pay,” the president declared during remarks on Jan. 20.
Retired U.S. Army Ranger Rep. Brian Mast praised President Donald Trump’s plan during a segment with Fox News.
“[It’s a] great day for patriots, a great day for our service members, my brothers and sisters in arms,” the Florida Republican congressman told “Fox & Friends” co-host Steve Doocy.
“Let’s not forget… it wasn’t just the military. It was other government agencies as well, where they were essentially washing conservatives that were raising their hand, saying, ‘I don’t want to take this vaccine.’
“They were washing them out of government, washing them out of West Point and Naval Academy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine academies, washing them out from being on the next promotion boards for first sergeants, sergeants, majors or officers, and they were creating a system where the ones that were going to be giving promotion to the next classes of individuals were all going to be those that didn’t say, ‘No, I’m not a conservative, and you know, I’m okay with everything that you’re doing right now.’ That’s what was taking place.”
Since his inauguration, Trump has signed a bevy of executive orders aimed at undoing President Biden’s perilous domestic agenda, including curbing illegal immigration.
Trump recently signed an executive order ending birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants. (RELATED: Trump Admin Plans To Take Birthright Citizenship Fight To The Supreme Court)
The order titled the “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship” states that “the privilege of United States citizenship does not automatically extend to persons born in the United States” when that person’s parents are either unlawfully present in the U.S. or when the parents’ presence is lawful but temporary.
Twenty-two Democrat-led states and the ACLU are suing to stop the order, arguing that it violates the 14th Amendment, which states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” (RELATED: Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Executive Order Targeting Birthright Citizenship)
The lawsuit argues that “the President has no authority to rewrite or nullify a constitutional amendment or duly enacted statute. Nor is he empowered by any other source of law to limit who receives United States citizenship at birth.”
However, some legal experts, such as Hans von Spakovsky with the Heritage Foundation, say the order is perfectly legal under the 14th Amendment and should be upheld by the courts.
“I strongly believe that Donald Trump is correct, that we need to enforce the 14th Amendment as it was originally intended,” Spakovsky told Fox News Digital. “No doubt there will be lawsuits against it, it’ll get to the U.S. Supreme Court, and if the court follows the actual legislative intent and history, they will uphold what Donald Trump has done.”
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The military has long been a supporter of Big Pharma. It has demanded absolute obedience of its members to receive annual flu vaccines, controversial Anthrax vaccines, etc. for decades.
As it should be.