(WBAP/KLIF) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott has told defense secretary Lloyd Austin that the state will not direct its National Guard members to comply with a Biden Administration order requiring all members of the military to get vaccinated for COVID-19.
Abbott’s rejection of the order, Thursday, reflects growing Republican opposition to the forced vaccines. It comes after five other GOP governors sent Austin letters this week urging him to reconsider the requirements for guard members.
Abbott told the Texas National Guard in October that its more than 20,000 members were covered by his executive orders banning any governmental entity from imposing vaccine mandates.
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