‘Have at it. We’re playing for real here’: Biden takes on Republicans threatening to overturn his vaccine mandates and attacks them for being ‘cavalier with kids’ health’ at school speech with Jill

  • Biden blasted Republican critics a day after announcing sweeping mandates for federal employees, contractors, and businesses of more than 100 people 
  • The RNC and several Republican governors have vowed to sue 
  • Biden accused GOP governors of being ‘cavalier with the health of these kids’
  • He said Thursday ‘many of us are frustrated’ with 80 million unvaccinated Americans who are ‘overcrowding our hospitals’ 
  • He said a quarter of the population was causing ‘a lot of damage’ 
  • COS Ronald Klain retweeted MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle Thursday calling the new rule the ‘ultimate work-around’
  • Republican lawmakers, including Senator Ted Cruz, criticized the retweet 
  • Biden ordered all federal workers to be vaccinated, a part of a series of new mandates he’ll push in a major speech on the COVID pandemic 
  • Workers will not be given the option of testing out 
  • There will be limited exceptions but any federal employee who refuses the shot can be fired, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday 
  • Federal employees and contractors will have 75 days to get vaccinatedÂ