ANDERSEN: PRESIDENT BIDEN’S VACCINE MANDATE HAS BECOME A RALLYING CRY FOR THE RIGHT – UNIFYING THE GOP.
THIS IS A HUGE DEAL FOR A PARTY THAT, UNTIL NOW, HAS BEEN SEEN DIVIDED.
THIS TIME – THE MESSAGE IS LOUD, CLEAR AND CONSISTENT.
SOUTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR KRISTI NOEM TWEETED, THE MANDATE IS A ‘GROSS EXAMPLE OF FEDERAL INTRUSION.
THEN WENT ON FOX NEWS CHANNEL
Gov. Kristi Noem: WE WILL DEFEND OUR PEOPLE FROM THIS UNLAWFUL MANDATE
Annie Andersen: THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR’S ASSOCIATION IS LEADING THE CHARGE ON ITS TWITTER PAGE
SAYING ‘THE AMERICA AS WE KNOW IT IS ON THE LINE. REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS WON’T SIT IDLE.’
ON MEET THE PRESS, ARKANSAS’S ASA HUTCHINSON BLAMED BIDEN FOR DIVIDING THE COUNTRY.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson: ‘IT INCREASES THE DIVISION IN TERMS OF VACCINATION WHEN WE SHOULD ALL BE TOGETHER IN TRYING TO INCREASE THE VACCINATION UPTICK.’
Annie Andersen: THE LIST GOES ON…
ACCORDING TO THE HILL 20 REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS INCLUDING GEORGIA’S BRIAN KEMP, ARIZONA’S DOUG DUCEY, IOWA’S KIM REYNOLDS, AND TEXAS GOVENOR GREG ABBOTT, HAVE PUBLICLY OPPOSED BIDEN’S MANDATES.
WITH MIDTERM ELECTION JUST OVER A YEAR AWAY, THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL committee IS ALREADY CASHING IN ON THE BIDEN BACKLASH …. SENDING OUT THIS EMAIL OVER THE WEEKEND.
WILL FALLOUT FROM THE MANDATE MOVE THE NEEDLE IN THE MIDTERMS?
THE FIRST LITMUS TEST WILL BE IN VIRGINIA, HISTORICALLY A PURPLE STATE, WHICH WILL HAVE ELECTIONS THIS COMING NOVEMBER.
A new Morning Consult poll shows that almost 60 percent of adults polled support Biden’s private sector vaccination or testing requirements. However, only a third of Republican polled support it.
UNIFICATION ASIDE, ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER HAD THESE WORDS OF WARNING FOR PARTY MEMBER CAPITALIZING ON THE MANDATE.
REP. ADAM KINZINGER (R-IL): I THINK IT WILL SAVE LIVES — WHAT POLITICAL TRIBE YOU BELONG TO
Annie Andersen: WHAT IMPACT DO YOU THINK THE MANDATE WILL HAVE ON THE GOP?
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