Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black said this week that he’s still trying to determine if some of his department’s employees are subject to an executive order by Democratic President Joe Biden requiring contractors to be vaccinated.
Black, Gov. Brian Kemp and Attorney General Chris Carr, all Republicans, spoke out against the federal requirement at a news conference discussing a lawsuit seeking to block the requirement, which Kemp called an “outrageous big-government power grab.”
“President Biden and his administration want to invade the personal lives of thousands of Georgians, burdening hundreds of businesses of all sizes and endangering countless jobs,” Kemp said.
Georgia is leading of group of states including Alabama, Idaho, Kansas, South Carolina, Utah and West Virginia in a lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in Augusta. A total of 19 states have sued in four separate suits.
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