{"id":49808,"date":"2021-12-04T00:03:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T00:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=49808"},"modified":"2021-12-04T00:03:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T00:03:21","slug":"no-on-special-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=49808","title":{"rendered":"‘No’ on special session!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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How many ways do I have to say the same thing? Which is that the COVID-19 vaccine is saving lives, it is preventing infections from the deadly virus and that government entities are within their right to order vaccines for employees and for the public who the government is charged to protect.<\/p>\n

Accordingly, I do not want Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to call a\u00a0fourth<\/em>\u00a0special legislative session to enact a statewide ban on future COVID vaccine requirements.<\/p>\n

The Texas Tribune reports that a growing number of Texas Legislature Republicans want Abbott to call a special session. They want Gov. Abbott to ask the Legislature to approve a ban on businesses and local governments issuing vaccine mandates.<\/p>\n

The Tribune reports:\u00a0\u201cWe know legislators are tired and nobody wants an extended special session,\u201d Texas GOP Chair Matt Rinaldi said in an interview Monday, pointing to states such as Tennessee and Florida that recently passed legislation on vaccine mandates on short timelines.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I am happy to be home after three special sessions in Austin,\u201d GOP state Rep. Briscoe Cain wrote, \u201cI would happily return to Austin if called upon to protect the rights of my fellow Texans.\u201d<\/p>\n

How about protecting the\u00a0lives<\/em>\u00a0of your \u201cfellow Texans,\u201d Rep. Cain? A state-mandated ban on local COVID restrictions puts your \u201cfellow Texans\u201d in jeopardy.<\/p>\n

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