The Moore You Know Column December 28, 2021 – January 10, 2022
Democrats control the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives, but they still are unable to pass their unpopular agenda through the legislative. The Build Back Better scheme is on life support, and Congress seems to be incapable of doing much more than going after President Trump, who has not been in office for over a year. But that legislative stalemate hasn’t stopped their power grab. The vaccine mandates being pushed through by the Biden administration are incredibly unpopular and could never pass Congress. In fact, after Republicans forced a vote in the Senate, a bipartisan majority of Senators voted to revoke some of Biden’s mandates. But the Administration is exploiting its authority to advance its agenda, including by invoking an emergency provision of the Occupational Safety and Health Act to force those who employ more than 100 people to require vaccinations or weekly COVID testing. That is not how accountable government is supposed to work.
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Rightly, these vaccine mandates are being challenged in the courts, but arguments last week before the Supreme Court demonstrate what our freedoms are up against. Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor, nominated by the Obama-Biden White House, betrayed a shocking misunderstanding of the facts of the case before her. Sotomayor falsely claimed, “numbers show that omicron is as deadly and causes as much serious disease in the unvaccinated as delta did.” She also said, “we have over 100,000 children, which we’ve never had before, in serious condition and many on ventilators.” Even the liberal Washington Post fact checker gave Justice Sotomayor “Four Pinocchios” for these whoppers! The highest court in the land is charged with protecting our constitutional rights. But when its Justices let their political agendas and partisan pandemic hysteria come before facts and our constitution, our freedoms are endangered.
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Last week, January 6 came and went without the security issues in Washington Democrats predicted without evidence. I have been clear that the violence one year ago has no place in politics, and all those who broke the law must face the legal consequences of their actions through our judicial system. But it is clear that Democrats are exploiting January 6 for political theater. Last week Speaker Pelosi held what resembled a one-year anniversary party, inviting CNN and celebrities to the Capitol to bash Republicans and even including a performance by the cast of the musical Hamilton. This is no surprise. Speaker Pelosi last year used a Congressional Gold Medal bill, meant to honor our fallen officers, to suggest an officer who was tragically killed in an unrelated event months later was somehow associated with January 6, and her sham January 6 Committee has made clear it is more concerned with attacking President Trump than legitimate investigations.
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Speaker Pelosi may hold the gavel for the remainder of the year, but that won’t stop me from serving my constituents. Last year, I responded to over 17,000 letters, calls, and emails from constituents, and my office resolved over 750 cases, returning over $1 million to constituents. I would love to help you too! If you need help with the VA, IRS, Social Security Administration or other federal agency, please reach out to my office.
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