also they were joined by the attorney generals in both utah as well as indiana and these statements they range from just criticizing the mandate all the way to saying that they will be fighting them in court and given the size and the scope of these mandates well it's almost assured that whatever lawsuits arise from them and i'm sure many will they will eventually reach the supreme court and set a new precedent for this country one way or the other so in fact let's go through some of these statements together so the first one came from the governor of arkansas mr assa hutchinson who's also the chairman of the national government governors association and he said this in a statement quote i fully support continued efforts to increase vaccination rates across our nation but the federal government mandates on private businesses are not the right answer i have been consistent in freedom of businesses to require their employees to be vaccinated and i have opposed the government from saying businesses cannot exercise that freedom and then as we mentioned earlier there were several republican governors from states like arizona georgia and south dakota that either hinted at or announced that they will be seeking legal avenues to resist these mandates for instance here is what a statement from the governor of arizona said quote the covet NUMBER_TOKEN vaccines are safe and effective tools to prevent the disease but getting the vaccine is and should be a choice these mandates are outrageous they will never stand up in court we must and will push back likewise here's what the governor of georgia said quote i will pursue every legal option available to the state of georgia to stop this blatantly unlawful overreach by the biden administration and then there was christine ohm who is the governor of south dakota who said this very succinctly quote south dakota will stand up to defend freedom joe biden see you in court furthermore there were statements from NUMBER_TOKEN other governors across the country let's go through some of them together and pull out the highlights over in alabama i support the science and encourage folks taking the vaccine however i'm absolutely against a government mandate on the vaccine which is why i signed the vaccine passport ban into law here in alabama this is not the role of the government then over in alaska this is ridiculous and unenforceable if there was ever a case for the NUMBER_TOKENth amendment then governor ron desantis down in florida i do not believe that people should lose their jobs over this issue and we will fight that if they try to do that through a rule like the department of labor i don't think they have the legal authority to do that but we obviously would want to support protections for people who are just trying to earn a living then over in idaho today's actions from president biden amount to government overreach government should stay out of decisions involving employers and their employees as much as possible then over in iowa president biden is taking dangerous and unprecedented steps to insert the federal government even further into our lives while dismissing the ability of iowans and americans to make health care decisions for themselves then down in missouri vaccination protects us from serious illness but the decision to get vaccinated is a private health care decision that should remain as such my administration will always fight back against federal
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