Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor has joined a group of 23 other state Attorneys General in a letter to President Biden demanding he change course for a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on private employers, or litigation will ensue.
Biden has ordered the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to create a rule which would require employers with 100 or more workers to have them vaccinated or tested weekly.
“Federal overreach has been a consistent problem, and President Biden has now taken it to the next level,” O’Connor said. “Biden’s national vaccine mandates are a clear abuse of power, and if he doesn’t change course, me and my attorneys general colleagues are prepared to sue to defend the rights of Oklahomans.”
In the letter to Biden, the AGs insist there is a better way forward rather than a broad, nationwide order.
“The risks of COVID-19 spread also vary widely depending on the nature of the business in question, many of which can have their employees, for example, work remotely. The one-size-fits-almost-all approach you have decreed makes clear that you intend to use the OSHA statute as a pretext to impose an unprecedented, controversial public health measure on a nationwide basis that only incidentally concerns the workplace.”
Attorneys General from Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming joined the letter.
