Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott hit back after Joe Biden vowed to “let them go away”

Trying to stop the republican governor wearing a mask from accusing the president Joe Biden It seizes power and destroys livelihoods by requiring some companies to get workers vaccinated against COVID.

Biden’s statementThe requirement to vaccinate workers in private companies with more than 100 employees includes sharp criticism of some governors’ response to COVID – widely understood as Ron DeSantis In Florida and Greg Abbott Texas.

DeSantis has ordered Masks are still optional At the school, he appealed the decision of the circuit court judge, who ruled to allow these institutions to enforce the mask requirement. Abbott also issued an executive order Schools are prohibited from compulsory requirements to wear masks.

“There are elected officials actively working to disrupt the fight against COVID-19,” Biden said on Thursday as he announced measures to fight what he called an “unvaccinated epidemic.” Approximately 80 million Americans have not yet been injected.

Biden said: “Local school officials are trying to protect the safety of children in the pandemic, but their governors are fighting with them, even threatening their salary or job.” “If they don’t help, if these governors don’t help us To defeat the pandemic, I will use my power as president to get them out of trouble.”

DeSantis once promoted vaccination as the best measure to alleviate COVID in the Sunshine State, and he said he will oppose Biden’s move.

“In this country, how can we hope that someone will lose their job because of their choice of vaccine?” he said at a press conference.

The Republican governor said that there are “reasons” for some people not to wear masks, adding: “Maybe they made the wrong decision but made them unemployed… not to make a living. So? I just think that is fundamentally it’s wrong.”

He said: “This is becoming more and more mandatory…it alienates more people.” “I don’t think people should be unemployed on this issue, we will fight it.”

Abbott wrote on Twitter that “Texas is already working to prevent this power grab” and added that he has issued an executive order and added it to the special meeting agenda.

Biden’s plan may affect 100 million American workers and impose fines of up to $14,000 on companies that fail to comply. Employers need to provide paid time off for vaccination and urge entertainment venues to require customers to provide vaccination or test certificates.

In his six-step plan to fight COVID, Biden also hopes to double the federal fine Passengers who refused to wear masks on flights Or maintain facial concealment requirements for federal property.

Other Republican governors Said that legal measures will be taken against Biden’s plan. Christie NomeThe governor of South Dakota, who does not make masks mandatory, wrote on Twitter: “This crude example of a federal invasion is untenable.”

Governor Brian Camp He also vowed to take legal action “to prevent such blatant and illegal ultra vires acts of the Biden administration.”

Henry McMaster of South Carolina wrote on Twitter: “We will fight them to the gates of hell to protect the freedom and livelihood of every South Carolina.”

At the same time, the Governor of Arizona Doug Dussie On Twitter, the Biden administration “attacked private enterprise and personal freedom in an unprecedentedly dangerous way. This will never hold water in court.”

Weekly newspaper The White House has been contacted for comments.

The picture below is made up of Statistician Shows the percentage of people who indicated that their employer encouraged or requested COVID vaccination.