This past Tuesday as part of a press briefing, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre made sure to try and dodge a question concerning the issue of Old Uncle joe heaping praise onto a group of rescue swimmers from the Coast Guard that included one man who is looking down the barrel of being kicked out due to his refusal to go along with a COVID vaccine mandate.
Biden personally thanked the Coast Guardsman for the saving of a 94-year-old woman in the wake of Hurricane Ian, but the hero is fairly certain he is going to be fired within just a few days because of his rejection of the COVID vaccine. Aviation Survival Technician Second Class Zach Loesch managed to get the praise as part of a phone call held this past Friday coming from President Joe Biden for kicking in a wall to rescue a trapped woman who was bound to a wheelchair, along with her husband.
“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,” stated Biden in a recent press release that issued thanks to both Lieutenant Commander Christopher Hooper and Loesch “for the heroic work that they and their Coast Guard colleagues have performed during search and rescue operations in response to Hurricane Ian.”
However, Loesch thinks that the next time he hears from a federal official, it could be the discovery that his career has ended. Loesch stated as part of an interview that he had put in for an exemption on religious grounds in order to avoid taking the COVID vaccine but does not think it will end up being honored.
Jean-Pierre was pressed about the entire event as part of the Tuesday morning press briefing.
“The president recently praised a group of Coast Guard rescue swimmers. One of them reportedly faces termination because he isn’t vaccinated,” stated a reporter. “I’m curious, given the threats that we’re facing abroad, would the president ever reconsider that vaccination requirement or consider issuing more exemptions?”
“So, as you — as — as you can imagine, the president has the most — the deepest respect for the U.S. Coast Guard,” stuttered Jean-Pierre. “That is something that you would hear from him directly. And the country — the president and the country are grateful for all of the U.S. Coast Guard heroes that have led the effort to save lives in Florida. We have seen that with our very own eyes these past couple of days.”
“I would refer you specifically to the U.S. Coast Guard on this — on this issue, on this individual questions. It’s not something that I would comment from here,” she went on. “But, you know, there, of course, have been multiple vaccination requirements, as you know, in place for quite some time. And — but, again, I’m not going to comment here — from here on an individual case.”
.@PhilipWegmann: Biden "recently praised a group of Coast Guard rescue swimmers, one of them reportedly faces termination b/c he's not vaccinated…Given the threats that we're facing…would [he] ever reconsider…or…issu[e] more exemptions?"
KJP ducks, passes to Coast Guard pic.twitter.com/Mmy7GP8RgM
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) October 4, 2022
