The Poynter Institute's
PolitiFact has provided
this assessment of online claims that President
Joe Biden has ordered dishonorable discharges for COVID-19 vaccination resisters.
PolitiFact's short version:
- The Pentagon said Instagram posts are false that claim President Joe Biden ordered dishonorable discharges for COVID-19 vaccine refusers in the military.
- Biden has given no such direction, and legal experts said he wouldn’t have the authority to do so, since a dishonorable discharge requires sentencing from a court martial.
- About 5% of active-duty troops are still unvaccinated. The deadlines are a month or more away.
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