The Michael Knowles Show - We Won’t Comply With Biden’s Vaccine Mandate Aired: 2021-09-10 Duration: 03:32 === Vaccine Mandate Debate (02:53) === [00:00:00] Hey, it's Jeremy Boren, co-CEO and God King of The Daily Wire. [00:00:03] I don't usually like to interrupt your regular programming, but this is important. [00:00:07] All right. [00:00:07] Today, Joe Biden announced he was going to use the full force of the federal government to mandate that all companies with 100-plus employees force their workers to be vaccinated or subject them to weekly tests for COVID-19. [00:00:19] I just got off the phone with our lawyers, and I just want to reiterate something that I already said today on Twitter. [00:00:24] No. [00:00:25] The Daily Wire does have more than 100 employees, but we won't be enforcing Joe Biden's unconstitutional and tyrannical vaccine mandate. [00:00:32] That's it. [00:00:33] We'll use every tool at our disposal, including legal action, to resist. [00:00:37] Biden's ultimatum will impact over 80 million private sector workers. [00:00:41] Companies that refuse to comply will face up to $14,000 in fines for every single violation. [00:00:47] So I'm sure most companies will probably just do it. [00:00:49] They don't have much choice. [00:00:51] We won't. [00:00:52] It's not that we're anti-vaccine. [00:00:54] I'm personally very pro-vaccine. [00:00:55] I think the COVID vaccines are probably the greatest scientific achievement so far in the 21st century. [00:01:00] And I think the speed at which they were created may be Trump's greatest achievement as president. [00:01:05] They seem to do a pretty good job preventing hospitalization and a great job preventing death from COVID-19. [00:01:10] That's terrific. [00:01:11] If I were a dictator, I'd probably make you get it. [00:01:13] But I'm not a dictator. [00:01:15] And neither is Joe Biden. [00:01:16] He has no right to impose this burden on American businesses. [00:01:20] How are we supposed to pay for it? [00:01:21] What are we going to do with all these new liabilities that we incur from injecting ourselves into the private health decisions of our employees? [00:01:27] More to the point, he has no right to impose this burden on the American people. [00:01:31] It's anti-science and it's totalitarian and we cannot comply with it. [00:01:36] I say anti-science, because the mandate contains no exceptions for those in low-risk demographic groups. [00:01:41] There's no exceptions for those with natural immunity. [00:01:43] Also, there's no taking into account the fact that these vaccines are pretty effective. [00:01:47] So if you're vaccinated, congratulations, you're at low risk from COVID-19, whether your neighbor's vaccinated or not. [00:01:54] And that's good news, since your vaccinated neighbor can still transmit the damn disease. [00:01:59] And I say it's tyrannical, because using unelected bureaucratic machinery like OSHA to force small businesses into becoming the vaccine and testing enforcement arm of the federal government is definitionally anti-democratic. [00:02:12] It marks a dramatic break with our constitutional order. [00:02:15] According to Reuters, 75% of American adults are already vaccinated. [00:02:20] At least, they've already received one dose of the vaccine. [00:02:23] And 53%, according to the CDC, are fully vaccinated. [00:02:26] So people who want the COVID vaccine already have it. [00:02:30] And those who don't want it shouldn't have to get it because it's a free country. [00:02:35] It's not your job to protect me from me. [00:02:37] And you already have the tools to protect yourself from me. === Enough Ceded Liberty (00:54) === [00:02:40] So Joe Biden has no compelling reason to encroach on our liberties, other than he just doesn't like what we do with them. [00:02:47] Well, guess what? [00:02:48] Joe Biden isn't your mom. [00:02:49] The government isn't your mom. [00:02:51] And your employer sure as hell isn't your mom. [00:02:54] We've already watched for over a year and a half as Americans have ceded liberty after liberty to wannabe tyrants like Anthony Fauci. [00:03:01] They broke our economy. [00:03:02] They locked us in our homes. [00:03:04] They destroyed our supply chains. [00:03:05] They crushed our small businesses. [00:03:07] They masked our children. [00:03:08] Enough. [00:03:09] That is enough. [00:03:13] So the answer is no. [00:03:14] No, the Daily Wire won't be enforcing Joe Biden's petty tyranny. [00:03:17] We've already retained legal counsel, and we're prepared to go to battle with this administration to put an end to their unconstitutional bullshit. [00:03:24] We hope other people and other businesses will join us. [00:03:26] If they do, great. [00:03:28] If they don't, that's fine too. [00:03:30] There's got to be a line, and for us, this is it.