Oregon State Trooper Is Put on Leave For Powerful Video: “I’ve fallen in line for over a year with these useless, ineffective mask mandates, and I will no more!” [VIDEO]
By Patty McMurray | Sep 3, 2021
Oregon State Trooper, 29-year-old Zachary Kowing, has been placed on paid leave after taking a video of himself inside his patrol car and explaining why he will not enforce or abide by Democrat Governor Kate Brown’s discriminatory vaccine mandate.
In his video, the young state trooper explained that he understands the risks of speaking out and that he would “likely get fired” over making the video but said he is “nonetheless exercising my First Amendment Right to speak freely.”
“Miss governor, I think you’ve forgotten that you were elected by the people; therefore, you work for the people. The title governor does not give free rein to force medical decisions upon us,” Officer Kowing said.
“I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States, to protect the freedom of the people who pay my salary, the 8-year veteran explained as he sat in his patrol vehicle. “I do not work for my governor but for them.”
“I have personal and religious reasons as to why I will not take the vaccine, as well as the freedom to choose not to,” he says. “I’ll likely get fired over this video, but I’m nonetheless exercising my First Amendment rights to speak freely.”
The outspoken patriot officer explained why he would no longer abide by these ridiculous CCP mandates: “I’ve fallen in line for over a year with these useless, ineffective mask mandates, and I will no more! I will not sit back and sheepishly watch as those who serve the people state are given unlawful orders which threaten their livelihoods, should they choose not to fall in line.”
Officer Kowling pointed out the discriminatory nature of their mandates, “Discretion is one of the most important parts of my job as a police officer. I will use that discretion, and I will not enforce useless mask mandates or unlawful vaccine orders. Doing so is discrimination, which I would be fired for if it were any other discriminatory subcategory.”
His final warning to Americans about accepting vaccine mandates is powerful. “But if you got the vaccine, out of fear. Be careful. You are slowly giving up the freedoms that so many have fought for,” he said and encouraged people to “to look deep down and decide if you’re going to fall in line as sheep, or if you’re going to stand up for the rights that we have for the short time, we still have them,” the brave officer told his viewers.
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Texas Gov. Abbott signs bill banning vaccine passports
Texas Gov. Abbott signs bill banning vaccine passports Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law banning businesses from requiring “vaccine passports” in the Lone Star State. The governor signed the bill, S.B. 968, on Monday. It makes it illegal for any business in Texas to require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations to engage in business. Abbott announced the move in a video posted to Twitter the same day, saying “Texas is open 100%. “Texans should have the freedom to go where they want without any limits, restrictions, or requirements,” Abbott wrote. “Today, I signed a law that prohibits any [Texas] business or [government] entity from requiring vaccine passports or any vaccine information.”
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Texas Gov. Abbott signs bill banning vaccine passports
The move comes after Abbott banned state and local governments from implementing similar measures
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law banning businesses from requiring “vaccine passports” in the Lone Star State.
The governor signed the bill, S.B. 968, on Monday. It makes it illegal for any business in Texas to require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations to engage in business.
Abbott announced the move in a video posted to Twitter the same day, saying “Texas is open 100%.
“Texans should have the freedom to go where they want without any limits, restrictions, or requirements,” Abbott wrote. “Today, I signed a law that prohibits any [Texas] business or [government] entity from requiring vaccine passports or any vaccine information.”
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TEXAS GOV. ABBOTT TAKES AIM AT ‘VACCINE PASSPORTS,’ ISSUES ORDER RESTRICTING STATE AGENCIES
In the video, Abbott said the state wanted to ensure Texans had “the freedom to go where you want without limits” and thanked the Texas legislature “for getting this bill to [his] desk” before signing the measure.
In addition to banning private businesses from requiring proof of vaccination, any business that does require proof of vaccination may not engage in state contracts and some state agencies that look over different business sectors may require compliance for licenses or permits.
The law still allows businesses to implement COVID-19 screening and infection measures that are in line with state and federal law. The law goes into effect immediately.
S.B. 968 was passed in the waning days of the legislative session. It came after Abbott signed an executive order into law banning state and local governmental agencies and political subdivisions from requiring proof of vaccination against COVID-19 to use services.
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Abbott issued the executive order last month after announcing the end of the state’s mask mandate.
“We will continue to vaccinate more Texans and protect public health – and we will do so without treading on Texans’ personal freedoms,” Abbott said in April.
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Montana becomes the first U.S. state to ban vaccine requirements for employees
While many large companies across the U.S. have announced that COVID-19 vaccines will be required for their employees to return to work in-person, there is one state where such requirements are banned: Montana.
Under a new law passed by the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature earlier this year, requiring vaccines as a condition for employment is deemed “discrimination” and a violation of the state’s human rights laws.
Montana is the only state in the U.S. with a law like this for private employers, said Hemi Tewarson, executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy.
The law has raised concern among employers across the state as Montana struggles with a rise in COVID-19 cases that is once again straining the state’s health care system.
Pushback swelled this week when physicians called on the Legislature to reverse the law.
“This is against everything we’ve ever known or believed about public health,” said Dr. Pamela Cutler, president of the Montana Medical Association. “I believe it’s a travesty now and it needs to be fixed so that we can make our offices safe for patients and our coworkers.”
GOP lawmakers who supported the bill in the state Legislature said it was needed in response to employers “coercing” employees to get vaccinations under threat of termination. Some of the loudest supporters of the bill were employees of Benefis Health System in Great Falls who were told earlier this year that COVID-19 vaccines would be necessary to keep their jobs.
Benefis was forced to backtrack on that plan when the law was signed by Gov. Greg Gianforte in May.
Gianforte, a former business executive who founded and ran a technology company, gave the bill the green light after changing it to allow health care facilities to require unvaccinated workers and those who refuse to disclose their vaccination status to wear masks and take other precautions.
He stood behind the law this week amid heightened scrutiny.
“While the governor continues to encourage Montanans to receive safe and effective vaccines, doing so is voluntary and no individual should face discrimination based on vaccination status,” Brooke Stroyke, a spokesperson for Gianforte, said in an email.
While the list of national corporations requiring vaccines of their employees who want to return to work in-person continues to grow, which now includes Google, Facebook, Walmart, and United Airlines, businesses in Montana don’t have that option.
“Most (businesses) feel like their hands are tied right now,” said Mike Rooney, operations director for Downtown Helena Incorporated, an organization that represents businesses in downtown Helena. “Some would definitely be very supportive of a vaccination requirement or a mask requirement.”
The Montana Hospital Association opposed the law before it took effect, warning that it would make it harder for the state to meet its need for medical services. Now, the association is saying their fears may come to fruition.
Dr. Neil Ku, an epidemiologist at Billings Clinic who sits on the board of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, said the law sets Montana apart in conversations about how to combat the coronavirus.
“It is very very difficult for me to participate in the conversation when everywhere in the country can talk about vaccinating their employees but I can’t,” Ku said.
Hospitals in Montana until recently required their employees to get most vaccines approved by the Centers for Disease Control, including the annual flu shot, providing an avenue for employees to opt out for medical or religious reasons. Now, that is no longer possible, leaving both workers and patients vulnerable.
Across the U.S., 60% of those eligible are vaccinated against the COVID-19. In Montana, that number is 49%.
In Montana hospitals, employees are vaccinated at a higher rate, but without a requirement, patients must contend with added risk to their health when seeking care.
“It holds us out as an anomaly against the rest of the nation,” said Rich Rasmussen, president of the Montana Hospital Association. “We have to rely on recruiting from out of state. The rest of the nation is looking at us and they are saying, ‘I don’t know if I want to practice in Montana, because of their approach to patient and employee safety as it relates to vaccinations.’”
Like many states, Montana is dealing with a rise in COVID-19 cases fueled by the highly contagious Delta variant. According to a state report released earlier this week, 234 out of the 240 beds in the Benefis Hospital are occupied.
Facing the specter of a coronavirus surge, Montana employers are left to navigate their way to keep employees safe and the doors open.
“A lot of businesses feel like they don’t have the support right now, so for them it’s about how do they figure it out on their own end,” Rooney said.