Republicans resist statehouse vaccine-or-test requirement

2 months ago·Trenton, United States

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New Jersey state troopers blocked Republicans Assembly members from entering the statehouse in Trenton on Thursday. A new coronavirus policy that went into effect Wednesday, which requires proof of vaccination or a negative test, was the catalyst for the conundrum. A state judge stayed the order following a lawsuit filed by Republicans on Wednesday.

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New Jersey GOP Lawmakers Defy Vaccine Mandate

Disorder and confusion erupted in the halls outside the New Jersey Assembly on Thursday as several Republican lawmakers defied a new requirement to show proof of COVID19 vaccination or a negative test and were blocked by state troopers albeit briefly from entering the ornate chamber.

2 months ago·India

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Washington Times

New Jersey Republicans defy COVID mandate: ‘You have no right to stop us’

Disorder and confusion erupted outside the New Jersey Assembly as several Republican lawmakers defied a new requirement to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test and were blocked - albeit briefly - by state troopers from entering the ornate chamber Thursday.

2 months ago·Washington, United States

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abc News

New Jersey GOP lawmakers defy vaccine mandate

Disorder and confusion erupted outside the New Jersey Assembly as Republican lawmakers defied a requirement to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test

2 months ago·United States

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Associated Press News

Republicans resist statehouse vaccine-or-test requirement

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Republican lawmakers on Thursday scorned statehouse rules requiring proof of either COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test to enter the building and sought to halt the mandate with a lawsuit.

2 months ago·United States

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The Hill

NJ Republicans defy statehouse COVID-19 policy

A group of New Jersey Republican state Assembly members walked past state police troopers on Thursday, entering the Assembly floor despite a statehouse COVID-19 policy that requires people to show a negative COVID-1...

2 months ago·Washington, United States

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KVIA

New Jersey GOP lawmakers defy vaccine mandate

By MIKE CATALINI Associated PressTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Disorder and confusion erupted outside the New Jersey Assembly as Republican lawmakers defied a requirement to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test. Ten lawmakers were blocked for several minutes by state troopers from entering the chamber. Lawmakers compared the situation to something that might happen in a dictatorship. The standoff ended when troopers permitted some of the…

2 months ago

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