Greg Abbott Suing Biden Admin for Vaccine Mandate on Texas National Guard.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Tuesday that his administration will file a lawsuit to prevent the Pentagon from imposing a vaccination mandate on the Texas National Guard. In a letter to Maj. Gen. Tracy Norris, Adjutant General of the Texas Military Department, Abbott wrote, “As the commander-in-chief of Texas’s militia, I have issued a straightforward order to every member of the Texas National Guard within my chain of command: Do not punish any guardsman for choosing not to receive a COVID-19 vaccine,” According to Abbott’s letter, his “order has been in effect for months now, Biden has muddied the waters with a vaccine mandate from the U.S. Department of Defense,” Abbott wrote to Norris, “Unless President Biden federalizes the Texas National Guard in accordance with Title 10 of the U.S. Code, he is not your commander-in-chief under our federal … Continue reading Greg Abbott Suing Biden Admin for Vaccine Mandate on Texas National Guard.