Four Republican senators sat out the vote for an amendment that would have defunded the remaining vaccine mandates put in place by Joe Biden.
QUICK FACTS:
- Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) and three other Republicans sat out the Senate vote that would have ended the Biden administration vaccine mandates.
- According to Breitbart News, the amendment was brought by Utah’s other senator, Sen. Mike Lee, and failed in a 46-47 vote.
- Mitt Romney (R-UT), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Richard Burr (R-NC) were the four who didn’t show up for the vote.
FELLOW REPUBLICANS RESPONSE TO THE MISSING SENATORS:
- Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said in reaction to the failed vote, “Missing R’s keeping vax mandates alive? Romney (UT), Inhofe (OK), Burr (NC), & Graham (SC). No excuses – they should all be shamed. Now – EVERY @SenateGOP should be held accountable for voting to fund this government. Watch, count the votes, then act.”
- Daniel Horowitz, a senior editor at the Blaze, said, “Imagine Burr, Inhofe, Romney and Graham thinking that they had something more important than defeating sickening mandates on human bodies. If they don’t want to be there for the most important votes they should resign.”
BACKGROUND:
- Vaccine mandates have been a hot topic in the senate with Lee and Sens. Roger Marshall (R-KS), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Mike Braun (R-IN), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Ted Cruz (R-TX) leading the fight against the mandates.
- Even Democrat Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Jon Tester (D-MT) voted for a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to defund the private employer vaccine mandate in December, as The New York Post reported.
