A massive round of applause is in order for Donald Trump’s executive order to reinstate service members who were discharged from the military for refusing the COVID-19 vaccination. Not only will these men and women be reinstated, but they will receive back pay and benefits.
“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 Department of Defense and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin should be ashamed. The Biden Administration discharged over 8,000 service members from 2021 to 2023. These men and women were willing to die for our country but that was not enough. The vaccine mandate was eventually repealed in 2023, but only 43 of the 8,000 troops chose to return to service. Could you blame them?
A class action lawsuit filed on behalf of discharged troops claims that they were completely denied any due process. There were no hearings or judicial procedures. The vaccine was unlicensed and military members are not required to take unlicensed, experimental vaccines. We saw a similar issue take place in the 90s when the government attempted to order military members to take an anthrax vaccine. Congress realized that patriots were less willing to take the vaccine, saw the rise in side effects, and repealed the COVID vax mandate in 2023 but it was too late. Congress never agreed to back pay or offered apologies to the members who were forced to take the mRNA drug.
Joe Biden as the commander in chief is one of the reasons military recruitment numbers have plummeted in recent years. His failed withdrawal of Afghanistan will go down as one of the worst military debacles in recent US history. His messaging was completely disrespectful and anti-patriotic throughout his presidency. He attempted to shove DEI initiatives down the throats of troops and embarrassed our military members by having transexual activists act as recruitment leaders. Absolutely no one trusted Joe Biden to lead this nation.
