Sen. Johnson Pressed Pentagon on Reinstatement of Troops Discharged for Not Bowing to The Regime Clot Shot Mandate

Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) has pressed the Pentagon on its efforts to reinstate military members discharged by The Regime for forgoing the Covid clot shot.

This from thefederalist.com.

In his Tuesday letter, Johnson asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide an update on what the Defense Department is doing to return service members booted for not submitting to the experimental jab.

As The Federalist previously reported, the mandate was announced by then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in August 2021, and—while ultimately repealed by Congress—resulted in the dismissal of roughly 8,700 service members. The Federalist reporting in recent years, and statements issued by Hegseth have called the legality of the mandate into question.

Johnson wrote:

This dismissal of thousands of brave men and women from the military was a despicable act that damaged our armed forces.

The senator revealed concerns raised by the Daily Caller which found even though:

President Donald Trump is offering backpay and reinstatement for active-duty service members, some troops who fell through the cracks are still fighting for their rights.

Upon taking office, Trump signed an executive order enabling troops kicked out of the service because of the mandate to be reinstated, with the option:

[To] revert to their former rank and receive full back pay, benefits, bonus payments, or compensation.

Hegseth signed a memo expediting the president’s directive in February, and a separate edict in April providing additional guidance to agency officials to fast-track the reinstatement of affected troops.

Hegseth said in an April video message:

We all know that the previous administration issued unlawful orders on mandatory vaccines, on an experimental vaccine—Covid-19.

Further:

We want anyone impacted by that vaccine mandate back into the military—people of conscience, warriors of conscience—back in our formations.