In a letter signed by nearly 100 conservative leaders representing millions of conservative voters, the Conservative Action Project reminded conservatives in Congress that history has
demonstrated that once rights are successfully coerced, are unlikely to return. And, if the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic has made anything clear, it is that the government will continue to take power for itself under the guise of an emergency unless it is actively prohibited from doing so.
The toll-free Capitol Switchboard (1-866-220-0044), we urge conservatives to call their Senators and Representative – tell them you oppose forced vaccination, and you demand they introduce and vote for legislation that prohibits federal funding of these coercive unscientific mandates.
October 19, 2021
Washington, DC
Conservatives oppose, in the strongest terms, vaccine mandates imposed at the federal, state, military, and corporate level, and we urge Congress to defund the federal vaccine mandate at the soonest opportunity.
As president-elect in December of 2020, Joe Biden said he would not make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory. But that is exactly what his administration has announced it will now do for employees across the government, including the military, and for businesses with over 100 employees. Many large corporations have voluntarily followed, before the rule is even final.
These mandates are not only coercive, they are scientifically dubious. Numerous evidence-based studies demonstrate that natural immunity from previous COVID-19 infection is effective against future severe infection. At least one recent study in Israel suggests that natural immunity was “27 times more effective than vaccinated immunity in preventing symptomatic infections.”
Moreover, these vaccine mandates provide little recourse for those seeking religious and health exemptions. Americans have always had the right to make health choices in consultation with their doctor and their personal faith. Removing these avenues of individual choice – including what may be medically advised by a personal physician – is a level of unprecedented compulsion from the federal government.
History has demonstrated that once rights are successfully coerced, they are unlikely to return. If the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic has made anything clear, it is that the government will continue to take power for itself under the guise of emergency unless it is actively prohibited from doing so.
We call on conservatives in Congress to vigorously oppose the funding of these mandates in the forthcoming Continuing Resolution, and to defend the right of choice and conscience which is the birthright of all Americans.
Alfred S. Regnery
Chairman, Conservative Action Project
President, Republic Book Publishers
Jenny Beth Martin
Chairman
Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund
The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell
Chairman, Constitutional Congress, Inc.
Chairman, CNP Action, Inc.
The Honorable Matt Schlapp
Chairman
American Conservative Union (ACU)
Myron Ebell
Director, Center for Energy and Environment
Competitive Enterprise Institute
The Honorable David McIntosh
President
Club for Growth
Virginia Thomas
President
Liberty Consulting
The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop
White House Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1981-1985)
Ed Corrigan
Vice Chairman, Conservative Action Project and President & CEO, Conservative Partnership Institute
Kelly J. Shackelford, Esq.
President and CEO
First Liberty Institute
Wesley Denton
Chief Operating Officer
Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI)
The Honorable Tony Perkins
President
Family Research Council
Mary Vought
Executive Director
Senate Conservatives Fund
The Honorable Russ Vought
Director, Office of Management and Budget (2020-2021)
The Honorable Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II
Chairman
Election Transparency Initiative
Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin (Ret.)
Executive Vice President
Family Research Council
L. Brent Bozell III
Founder and President
Media Research Center
Michael P. Farris, J.D., LL.M.
President and CEO
Alliance Defending Freedom
The Honorable Scott Walker
President
Young America’s Foundation
Star Parker
Founder and President,
Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE)
Craig Shirley
Reagan Biographer
Presidential Historian
Jack Park
Conservative Activist and Donor
Law Offices of Jack Park
Brian Rogers
President
The Jesse Helms Center
Dr. Richard Wayne Scarborough
President
Recover America
Judson Phillips
Founder
Tea Party Nation
Seton Motley
President
Less Government
Kevin Freeman
Founder
NSIC Institute
Augusta Petrone
The Honorable Stephen Stockman
U.S. House of Representatives
Former Member, Texas
William Shaker
CEO
Washington Marketing Group
Michael Horowitz
CEO
20th Century Initiatives
Allen J. Hebert
Chairman
American-Chinese Fellowship of Houston
Nicki Sanchez
C. Preston Noell III
President
Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.
E.C. Sykes
General Partner
Aslan Ventures
Donna Rice Hughes
Founder & President
DRH Enterprises
Ralph A. Rebandt, II
Gubernatorial Candidate
Ralph Rebandt for Governor
Ambassador Henry F. Cooper
President Reagan's Chief Defense and Space Negotiator
Former SDI Director
Marcia G. Taylor
CEO
Bennett Family of Companies
James L. Martin
Founder/Chairman
60 Plus Association
The Honorable Mike Hill
Former Member
Florida State Representative
Robert Keith Fischer
Meeting Coordinator
Conservatives of Faith
Brigitte Gabriel
Founder and Chairman
ACT For America
Rod Vandenbos
CEO
R2
Curt Levey
President
Committee for Justice
Shannon O. Royce
President
Christian Employers Alliance
Amy Kremer
Chairwoman
Women for America First
Sean Noble
President
American Encore
Gerard Kassar
State Chairman
NYS Conservative Party
Joseph A. Morris
Partner, Morris & De La Rosa
Assistant U.S. Attorney General (President Reagan)
Ray Thompson
CEO
Thompson Group
The Honorable Jake Hoffman
President & CEO
Rally Forge
Andresen Blom
President
Hawaiian Values
Wade Kirby
Member
Council for National Policy
The Honorable Paul S. Teller, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Advancing American Freedom
Scott T. Parkinson
VP for Government Affairs
Club for Growth
The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
Chief Domestic Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1987-1988)
The Honorable Jim DeMint
Chairman, Conservative Partnership Institute
Member, US Senate (SC 2005-2013)
The Honorable Bob McEwen
U.S. House of Representatives
Former Member, Ohio
Rachel A. Bovard
Senior Director of Policy
Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI)
The Honorable Brooke Rollins
President and CEO
America First Policy Institute (AFPI)
Lori Roman
President
ACRU Action
Terry Schilling
Executive Director
American Principles Project
Tom Jones
Co-Founder
American Accountability Foundation
William L. Walton
Managing Editor and Host
The Bill Walton Show
The Honorable Morton C. Blackwell
President
The Leadership Institute
David N. Bossie
President
Citizens United
Frank J. Gaffney
Executive Chairman
Center for Security Policy
Nancy Schulze
Founder & President
RCW Speakers
Diana Denman
President
The Reagan Legacy Forum
Matthew Tyrmand
Principal
Matthew Tyrmand LLC
Jenna Ellis, Esq.
Chairwoman
Election Integrity Alliance
Dr. Teryn Bree Clarke
Physician
Clarke Neurology
Lee Beaman
CEO
Beaman Ventures
Eunie Smith
President Emeritus
Eagle Forum
The Honorable Peter J. Thomas
Chairman
The Conservative Caucus
Penna Dexter
Co-host
Point of View Radio
William W. Pascoe, III
Our Man in Washington
Tea Party Patriots Action
The Honorable Chris Hughes
Founder & Chairman
The Citizens for America Foundation
The Honorable George K. Rasley Jr.
Managing Editor
ConservativeHQ.com
Elaine Donnelly
President
Center for Military Readiness
Twila Brase
Brase, RN, PHN
Citizens' Council for Health Freedom
Richard Norman
Founder and President
The Richard Norman Company
Joan Holt Lindsey
President
Lindsey Communications
Amapola Hansberger
Founder and President
Legal Immigrants for America
Chad Connelly
President
Faith Wins
Melvin Adams
President
Noah Webster Educational Foundation
Floyd Brown
Founder
The Western Journal
Saulius "Saul" Anuzis
President
60 Plus Association
The Honorable Gary L. Bauer
President
American Values
Robert D. Thompson
Former Administrator
The Weyrich Lunch (1999-2016)
Dr. Paige Patterson
President
Sandy Creek Foundation
Richard Scurry
VP product development
14all.us
Khadine Ritter
President
Eagle Forum of Ohio
Richard Rounsavelle
Trustee
MRC
Kent Glesener
President, Paradigm Construction & Engineering, Inc.
Tim LeFever
Chairman
Capitol Resource Institute
Marc Little
Executive Director
CURE America Action, Inc.
G. Eric Georgatos
Executive Producer
America Can We Talk? americacanwetalk.org
Tim Throckmorton
President
Lifepointe Ministries
Sheryl Kaufman
Board Member
Americans for Limited Government
Jay Mount
President
MDS Communications Corporation
The Honorable James C. Miller III
Budget Director for President Reagan, 1985-1989
Dr. Allen Unruh
Founder
National Abstinence Clearinghouse
Dan Bongino
Chicago Police Union
Vaccine Mandate
COVID-19
mask mandates
personal privacy
Joe Biden administration
Cumulus Radio
color-coded bracelets
WLS program director Stephanie Tichenor
Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara
Comments