Governor Kim Reynolds says the president’s new Covid vaccine rules for federal workers, health care staff and employees in large businesses are dangerous and unprecedented.

Biden has moved to require that businesses with more than 100 employees ensure workers are fully vaccinated or tested for Covid weekly. The president’s executive order now requires all federal government employees and contractors as well as health care workers at facilities that receive federal money be vaccinated. Reynolds, a Republican, has encouraged Iowans to get vaccinated, but she opposes these mandates. Some Republicans in Iowa’s congressional delegation issued statements yesterday criticizing Biden’s vaccination requirements. First district Congresswoman Ashley Hinson of Marion says the president’s actions are unconstitutional. The Republican National Committee announced last night it plans to file a lawsuit to overturn the president’s vaccine mandates.