Today, Joe Biden took to the podium and officially announced a vaccine mandate from the federal level hitting all private businesses with over 100 employees. In making that announcement, he trashed the unvaccinated, threatened them, and generally stoked the flames of division in such a way that should worry everyone. He also asserted himself as a dictatorial figure, able to push governors “out the way” who push back on his tyrannical orders.
I’ll go ahead and say it before we get into the clips: This is the most disturbing speech I’ve ever heard from a president.
Biden defends forced vaccination and (permanent) masking: “This is not about freedom or personal choice. It’s about protecting yourself and those around you, the people you work with, the people you care about, the people you love. My job as president is to protect all Americans” pic.twitter.com/XFeYk9OlSb
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 9, 2021
Here’s the president trashing the unvaccinated in a way that sounds like he’s trying to foment a civil war, and no, I’m not kidding. It’s that bad, with him repeatedly talking about anger toward the unvaccinated and blaming them for all of society’s ills.
BIDEN: “Many of us are frustrated with the nearly 80 million Americans who are still not vaccinated, even though the vaccine is safe, effective and free. You might be confused…” pic.twitter.com/9WQW0kQyqL
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) September 9, 2021
Later in the speech, he went at the unvaccinated again in threatening fashion. I was almost in disbelief at his tone and word choice. It was enough to make my skin crawl.
BREAKING: President Biden says his ‘patience is wearing thin’ with unvaccinated Americans:
“What more is there to wait for? What more to do you need to see? We’ve been patient, but our patience is wearing thin and your refusal has cost all of us.” pic.twitter.com/XcALP2MrQB
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) September 9, 2021
That’s scary stuff. His “patience” is running out? What’s he doing to do? And how are the unvaccinated affecting the vaccinated if the vaccine works? None of this makes any sense whatsoever. It’s not an overstatement to say that Biden basically painted the unvaccinated as terrorists, murdering people for taking up hospital beds.
.@GregGutfeld nails it 🔥🔥: “The great unifier is saying that all those who are vaxxed are mad at those that aren’t. So, this is not true….Basically, he said the unvaxxed are the new terrorists…He showed more anger towards that 80 million…than the orderly and kind Taliban” pic.twitter.com/GlYeZLzoxK
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 9, 2021
Later, Biden went after Gov. Ron DeSantis (and others), including making the completely false claim that they are telling people not to get vaccinated.
Biden says GOPers are murderers, falsely claiming they don’t back vaccines: “There are elected officials actively working to undermine the fight against Covid-19. Instead of encouraging people to get vaccinated & mask up, they’re ordering mobile morgues…Totally unacceptable.” pic.twitter.com/iogiOdR6PL
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 9, 2021
Joe Biden threatens governors:
“If these governors won’t help, I will use my powers as president and get them out of the way.” pic.twitter.com/O47AMtswa9
— The First (@TheFirstonTV) September 9, 2021
He’s going to “get them out of the way?” How is he going to do that? Is he a king now that can simply override the rights of states, including duly elected governors? That’s obviously the message he’s trying to get across and it’s a terrifying one.
Honestly, I’m having trouble putting words down on this. I’ve written extensively on the various issues surrounding masks, vaccines, natural immunity, etc. I could repeat all that here, but we are past that point. What we saw today was a president who truly believes he can do whatever he wants and that individual rights do not exist. This was a moment in our nation’s history that will be looked back on in shame, and that’s assuming the nation survives in the long term.
I say without hesitation that this is probably the toughest news article I’ve had to write while working at RedState, and to be sure, we’ve covered a lot of serious issues here. But today, the President of the United States essentially announced he’s a dictator, and I’m not even really joking. If Biden gets away with this there are no more limits to federal power.
The response is simple: Do not comply.