President Biden thanked a US Coast Guard member for saving lives during Hurricane Ian, only for that same coast guard to reveal a few days later that he will be let go due to not being vaccinated for Covid-19.
“I told him how proud of him I was and thanked him for all the work he and his Coasties are doing to save lives,” Biden said Friday of his call with Aviation Survival Technician Second Class Zach Loesch.
The president also spoke with Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Hooper.
“The President thanked them for saving lives and asked for a report on the work that continues to rescue Floridians. He also asked if they needed any additional support that he can provide to accelerate successful rescues,” the White House said in a readout.
However, despite Biden’s kind words, Loesch said, “I am among the service members poised to be discharged in 30 to 60 days for not following Biden’s edict making the jabs mandatory in the military.”
Zach Loesch is one of 2,632 Coast Guard members who refused to get a vaccine.
The brave coastal guard said, “I had submitted a request for religious accommodation, as well as an appeal, but was denied both times. If I had asked any of the people I saved yesterday if they wanted to come with me even though I am unvaccinated, every single one of them would have said ‘yes’.”
During the Category 4 hurricane, Loesch said, “I rescued a disabled woman and her husband after kicking through a wall to free them, then went back to retrieve her wheelchair. I had to attach the chair to my body as I was hoisted back up by a chopper.”
Loesch, who also rescued several dogs and cats, said he did not want to bring up his imminent discharge during the call with the commander-in-chief.
“It just sucks that he thanked me yet the vaccine mandate is what’s kicking me out,” he told Breitbart. “I just love my job and I’m really good at it. It sucks. I feel like this is the job that I was born to do.”
In September, about 1,200 service members filed a lawsuit against the Coast Guard and other government agencies seeking religious exemptions from the vaccination mandate.
They accused the Coast Guard of “categorically denying virtually all” religious accommodation requests, but a rep for the branch previously denied that anyone was penalized for seeking religious accommodations
Typical… Do it my way or get out of my sandbox. Grow up people. There is enough science that shows that vaccines are not working as we were told.
The “Science” that actually benefits our health has been ignored since before this mandate & vax all came about.
So very odd that our military are being sorted out as offenders when they are ARE our force for the freedoms we enjoy…
I would keep suing!
Ridiculousness that this is still an on going issue. No one should get that ridiculous vaccine that doesn’t want it. Church rise up and pray against this evil spirit trying to destroy AMERICA and the world.
Biden is just a BIG jerk!
This idiot is becoming dangerous, but not one democrat will say it, the entire democratic party should be exterminated.
STUPID, absolutely S T U P I D !!!
Lead by example, Get vaccinated sir
joe biden installed buffoon. Got more black votes than the Kenyan. Boxes upon boxes of after hours votes coming in. installed along with the 2 bit whore harris.
As always, F. jb!
Why? You can bet your bottom dollar politics & money are the base of the jab push.
jb is an imbecile & his vp is a halfbreed whore!
thanks, Joe