Democrat Senator Releases Statement Opposing Vaccine Mandates

On Thursday night, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) released a statement explaining that he voted to avoid a federal government shutdown and fund the government through February, but that he still opposes vaccine mandates from the federal government. “In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and as the new Omicron variant emerges, I will not vote to shut down the government for purely political reasons,” Manchin said. “There is too much at stake for the American people. But let me be clear, I do not support any government vaccine mandate on private businesses.” “That’s why I have cosponsored and will strongly


