Nominee makes massive pledge to former service members

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Former President Donald Trump promised to rehire the military service members who were fired for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine and pledged that the government would give them an apology and back pay during a campaign rally in Asheboro, North Carolina, on Wednesday. 

“Kamala [Harris] and Crooked Joe purged 8,000 service members from our military for refusing their COVID vaccine mandate. They refused to do it,” Trump said on Wednesday. “We didn’t want a mandate. The mandate — you just can’t do that.”

“I will rehire every patriot that was fired with an apology and back pay,” Trump added. “They will get their back pay and an apology from our government.”

The Washington Examiner reported that the former president told the crowd that he hoped the service members who were fired over the Biden-Harris administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate had found “great jobs” and were now “making a lot of money.” However, Trump said he hoped that the service members would want to come back if he is elected president and gives them another opportunity to serve. He added, “The mandate stuff should have never happened.”