House Republican lawmakers are demanding information from the U.S. Naval Academy after receiving information that unvaccinated midshipmen are being denied diplomas, despite seeking religious accommodations.
Republican lawmakers are asking the Navy about evidence indicating that diplomas are being withheld from U.S. Naval Academy graduates if they refused the COVID vaccine for religious reasons.
"We're seeing massive people being kicked out of academies and kicked out of their military service, all for the reason of refusing the vaccine [for] religious exemptions. One, it's completely un-American. And two, it is not the best for the safety and security of the American people," Steube told Fox News Digital.
"[The military is] losing good candidates for the academies, and they're losing good Americans who want to serve their country simply because they're pushing wokeness and pronouns and transgenderism into our military, and they're pushing vaccine mandates onto our military, which is affecting the safety and security of the American people," continued Steube, who noted that he will not vote for the annual National Defense Authorization Act if it promotes a vaccine mandate or...
President Joe Biden said in September that the pandemic is"over," causing advocates on behalf of service members to question the Pentagon's ongoing strict vaccine mandate.
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