President's Vaccine Rules Ignite Instant, Hot GOP Opposition

His move has unified Republicans who sometimes have taken different approaches to the pandemic.

President Joe Biden's aggressive push to require millions of U.S. workers to vaccinate against the coronavirus is running into a wall of resistance from Republicans threatening everything from lawsuits to civil disobedience, plunging the country deeper into culture wars that have festered since the onset of the pandemic. In South Carolina, Gov. Henry McMaster says he will fight "to the gates of hell to protect the liberty and livelihood of every South Carolinian." South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a potential 2024 presidential candidate, says she is preparing a lawsuit. And J.D. Vance, a conservative running for a U.S. Senate seat in Ohio, describes President Biden's move as Washington's "attempt to bully and coerce citizens." "Do not comply with the mandates," Vance says.