{"id":95958,"date":"2021-11-14T14:26:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T18:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=95958"},"modified":"2021-11-14T14:42:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T18:42:00","slug":"biden-suffers-huge-vax-defeat-in-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=95958","title":{"rendered":"Biden Suffers HUGE Vax Defeat in Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oklahoma National Guard ‘Goes Rogue’ After New Commander Rejects Vaccine Mandate; Pentagon To Respond ‘Appropriately’<\/strong><\/h1>\n

ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n

The Biden administration is having another bad week. One day before an appeals court\u00a0upheld a stay<\/a>\u00a0against Biden’s ‘vaccine-or-test’ requirement for private businesses,\u00a0the Oklahoma National Guard ‘rescinded’ the Pentagon’s requirement that service members receive the COVID-19 vaccine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Army Brig. Gen. Thomas Mancino as the state’s new adjutant general – replacing Army. Maj Gen. Michael Thompson, a vaccine advocate who was previously scheduled to transfer command to Mancino on Jan. 15, 2022 according to\u00a0the Oklahoman<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Army Brig. Gen. Thomas Mancino issued an order halting the Oklahoma Army and Air National Guard’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccine rollout on Nov. 11, 2021, less than 24 hours after his sudden appointment as the state’s top general. (Oklahoma National Guard via ArmyTimes)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mancino’s first order of business?\u00a0A memo formally ‘rescinding’ the Covid-19 vaccine requirement for Guardsmen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“No Oklahoma Guardsman will be required to take the COVID-19 Vaccine,” it reads, adding that Gov. Stitt is the force’s “lawful Commander in Chief” when not mobilized by the federal government.<\/p>\n

“No negative administrative or legal action will be taken against Guardsmen who refuse the COVID-19 vaccine.”<\/p>\n