Pentagon Tells Greg Abbott To Stick It And Orders Defense Contractors To Get COVID Vaccine

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BY JASON EASLEY at PoliticusUSA
Pentagon Tells Greg Abbott To Stick It And Orders Defense Contractors To Get COVID Vaccine

https://www.politicususa.com/2021/10/14/greg-abbott-pentagon.html

"SNIP......

The Pentagon has told federal contractors in Texas that Greg Abbott’s order doesn’t matter and they must get vaccinated.

Here was the guidance to defense contractors in Texas:

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Greg Abbott Does Not Have The Legal Authority To Supercede Federal Law

This is basic civics. Greg Abbott as a governor does not have the power or authority to supersede federal law/executive orders. Joe Biden is the President Of The United States. His vaccine mandate takes authority over any order that Abbott has or could issue.

Gov. Abbott can’t stop federal contractors in his state from getting the vaccine.

It is called the Supremacy Clause. It is in the Constitution. Federal law is the supreme law of the land.  Joe Biden has the authority to set the terms and conditions of employment for federal contractors.

.......SNIP"

[RKP5637]

1. Excellent, kicking ass!!!!! n/t

[sakabatou]

2. Abbot must really like sickly Texans

[lagomorph777]

25. He likes dead Texans even better.

[grumpyduck]

3. If he had any brains,

he'd be embarrassed that companies, airlines, and now the Pentagon are telling him to go fuck himself.

[Sherman A1]

4. Oh, he has brains

just no soul. It only matters what can grab a headline or he can make political hay with.

[gratuitous]

28. Abbott's far from embarrassed

He can use his failing grade in Civics as a badge of honor that a majority of Texans will admire him for. May God help the voters of Texas put a Democrat in his place if I'm wrong.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

5. Is FL. Governor Floricovid gonna sue the Pentagon or withhold their...wait, he can't do shit.

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[FakeNoose]

6. Next step - defense contractors pack up and leave the state

Why should these employers put up with this shit? Is Abbott going to cover their liability if they get sued?

[COL Mustard]

19. No, There's Too Much Billable Work In Texas

There's Ft. Hood, Ft. Sam, AFC in Austin, Ft. Bliss, several Air Force & Navy installations...all with work that needs to be done and billed.

[bluecollar2]

22. Lockheed in Fort Worth...n/t

[LeftInTX]

29. We also have Port San Antonio, Randolph AFB and Lackland AFB

[LeftInTX]

30. The defense contractors will keep their mandates and Abbott won't sue them.

Many of these contractors are incorporated in other states and only have satellite locations in Texas. For example: Boeing

Abbott can't tell Boeing what to do because they're based in another state.

If a defense contractor is incorporated in Texas, (such as a portion of Exxon/Mobil..who probably supply jet fuel to the military) Abbott won't bother to sue them because he knows he will probably lose.

Also he probably can't dictate corporate policies for many retailers and corporations based in another states. For instance if Delta Airlines requires vaccines for ticket agents who happen to be based in Texas, I don't think he can tell them what to do. If Target and/or Costco require employees to be vaccinated, I don't think Abbott can supercede their corporate policies because those policies come from another state.

[monkeyman1]

7. ol' abbott sit's on his brain's & usually just fart's a lot !

[Buns_of_Fire]

8. Like I said yesterday, these guys are using way too many keystrokes

just to say "Stick your 'order' where the sun don't shine, Fuzznuts."

[ananda]

9. It's "supersede" not "supercede"

Old former English teacher here...

[James48]

16. It's fine.

According to Merriam- Webster dictionary:

“ Supercede has occurred as a spelling variant of supersede since the 17th century, and it is common in current published writing. ”

Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supercede

[c-rational]

10. Good news, but this should not even have to be said, let alone to a Governor.

[PatSeg]

13. Seriously

These republican governors are acting like tin-pot dictators. They think they have more power than they do or at least they want their voters to believe that. It appears that there are not rules anymore.

[Captain Zero]

20. Right. It's BASIC CIVICS.

Maybe Abbott missed that day in high school.

[Comfortably_Numb]

11. Sure seems like a lot of folks are telling Abbott to fuck off these days. School districts,

municipalities, companies. Let me add my voice as a disgusted Texan. Fuck all the way off Gregg.

[Dreampuff]

12. Oh I love it when the Texas governor gets set straight

I know a few other governors, including my own, who should read those words carefully.

[UTUSN]

14. K&R

[Initech]

15. Greg Abbott is a liar and a bully and repeatedly needs to be told where to shove it!

This is a start!

[applegrove]

17. Kenney, Premier of Alberta, who did the Abbot DeSantis trying to increase covid

cases dance has pissed off both sides of Alberta voters. Taxi driver I had thinks he'll be gone in a few months. He also probably helped Liberal Trudeau win the federal election. Voters as far away as Toronto suburbs were like **** that **** and shut out conservatives. So it is possible to beat these monsters. Just keep fighting. And sharing.

[OldBaldy1701E]

24. Canada's political system is not as gerrymandered as ours is.

I am certainly not saying to stop trying to remove all of those rethugs from every holding a public office again, but they do not have to fight nearly as hard as we do to just 'break even', much lass tally a victory.

[rurallib]

18. he has some much shoved up there already, I am surprised he can sit.

[packman]

21. Let's see - Many more Texans vaxed because of Joe

Covid goes down, so naturally, Abbott claims credit for his efforts. Yep, that's how it's going to play out.

[SunImp]

23. Good

[Patton French]

26. Federal law controls on Federal instalations.

It's a pretty simple concept....

[Johnny2X2X]

27. We just announced our mandate today

We have major government contracts. Get vaccinated or you’re fired, no severance.

People don’t realize is there are two orders in play. This one for government contractors that is more cut and dry, you have a mandate or you don’t get your government contracts, period. And the other one from OSHA that has the companies less than 100 employees exception as well as people opting for regular testing rather than getting vaccinated.

20% of adults have a problem with this, time fir us to stop worrying about the 20% and start protecting the 80%.