Texas AG pressed on opposing Biden's vaccine order, supporting law banning mandates - Yahoo News
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on "Fox News Sunday" struggled to address the contradictory nature of his stance on COVID-related mandates.
Driving the news: Texas filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration last month over its vaccine mandate for federal contractors, calling it "a dramatic infringement upon individual liberties."
Paxton argued during an interview with Newsmax last week that companies should "take care of their own businesses — take care of their own workers."
Yes, but: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed legislation barring local governments and businesses from implementing measures aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus. A federal judge last week struck down the state's ban on mask mandates in schools.
What he's saying: Pressed by host Chris Wallace on if banning mandates is consistent with the view that companies should have authority over their own workers, Paxton argued that "states have more authority over these areas than the federal government."
Wallace: You said that you think that Texas companies should take care of their own workers. Is that consistent with the governor’s executive order, and your enforcement of that order, which bans companies from taking care of their own workers as they see fit?
Paxton: What I was trying to say [to Newsmax] is that the president doesn’t have the authority to force companies ... What I’m saying to these companies is you don't have to listen to him because he's out there saying now that you should do it anyway, despite the fact that we have a stay from a higher court.
Wallace: But you said that businesses should take care of their own workers, and the governor is saying they can't take care of their workers as they see fit. They’re prohibited from deciding, if they so choose, to issue a vaccine mandate. That's not consistent.
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