Ron DeSantis Applauds Injunction Against Biden’s ‘Heavy-Handed’ CMS Vaccine Mandate Nationwide

A preliminary injunction was granted today by a federal judge in Louisiana against the COVID-19 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) vaccine mandate following a lawsuit filed by 14 states.

United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty, appointed by former President Trump in 2017, of the Western District of Louisiana made the ruling, which applies nationwide and puts a hold on enacting the mandate until the case is decided.

The CMS vaccine mandate was set to take effect in less than a week, on Monday, Dec. 6, and would have required most hospitals and other healthcare facilities to have their employees vaccinated against Covid-19 by January.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) applauded the news in a tweet which he began by explaining, “The Biden CMS mandate has threatened healthcare personnel with termination — at a time when nurses & other professionals are in short supply.”

“The injunction issued by a federal district court (which applies nationwide) stops this heavy-handed mandate & saves thousands of jobs,” DeSantis declared.

The Biden CMS mandate has threatened healthcare personnel with termination — at a time when nurses & other professionals are in short supply.

The injunction issued by a federal district court (which applies nationwide) stops this heavy-handed mandate & saves thousands of jobs.

— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) December 1, 2021

The ruling comes after another federal judge, St. Louis-based U.S. District Judge Matthew Schelp, blocked Biden’s administration from enforcing the mandate in 10 states that had brought the first legal challenge against the requirement.

The states included in that ruling were Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming who all have either a Republican attorney general or governor.