We all remember the days at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the pressure to get vaccinated was increasing day by day. People were threatened, bullied, coerced and even fired from their jobs if they refused the jab.
It took courage to choose bodily autonomy over blind obedience.
One person who has taken the bold path of nonconformity is Asa Miller, a former Navy SEAL who has started a legal battle with the Biden administration for refusing to get vaccinated.
Steve Diece invites Asa onto the show to tell his story.
Growing up in a military family with a father who served in the Marines for 27 years, Asa knew from an early age that he would follow in his footsteps. After his high school graduation, he immediately underwent Navy SEAL training. Unfortunately, his first deployment cycle happened to coincide with the initial hysteria of COVID-19.
“During that time, we were forced to choose whether or not to receive the COVID-19 vaccine,” Asa said. “I chose against it, and thankfully my other 20 brothers stayed with me.”
However, their “choice” turned out to be more of an illusion of choice.
When several members of Asa’s team tested positive despite having no or mild symptoms, authorities used it as an opportunity to “force people into solitary confinement.” “They even spread rumors that if you didn’t get the Johnson & Johnson vaccine that had just been released, you would be trapped in Somalia and wouldn’t be able to return home,” Asa said.
Despite coercion, Asa and many of his fellow SEALs continued to refuse the jab.
Asa said, “I was able to go home without any problems.” But once he returned home, “that’s when mRNA vaccines started coming out” and the government immediately started promoting them. “”in view of[his] Given the “rollout experience” and “early science” behind the new vaccine, Asa stood his ground and again rejected the jab.
“I quickly realized that mandating these vaccines was not only illegal, but also, in my opinion as a Christian, an immoral act of using cells from aborted fetuses. , I have decided not to take these vaccines, both for legal reasons and my own sincere religious beliefs,” he tells Steve.
It became abundantly clear then that there was no such thing as “choice” at all. When Asa and his fellow nonconformists applied for religious exemptions, “they were all denied.”
“All of us were removed from the SEAL team and faced penalties ranging from full repayment of training costs ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars to millions of dollars,” to “placement in the brig,” to “dishonorable discharge.” I was threatened. This is the highest level of consequences that can permanently prevent veterans from owning firearms, voting, being employed in certain places, or receiving VA benefits.
Still, Asa and his brothers stood firm in their decision.
Thankfully, others began to rally behind them.
“We were actually able to get Tucker Carlson, and he broke the story for us on Fox News,” he said, adding that there was enough “publicity” to actually “start a fight.” Asa says that it has created a “recognition of
And the battle isn’t over yet.
Although Asa was able to avoid dishonorable discharge, some of his fellow SEALs were not so lucky.
“I know people who were kicked out early. [people] “Those who had to repay tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses” and “those who were given RE-4 upon discharge” “fall into the same category as sex offenders,” Asa said. “There were also 8,500 military personnel expelled from various branches, some of whom received dishonorable discharges, which is more or less the same as a felony.”
“My goal now is to tell this story and be a voice for those who were evicted and didn’t get the compensation they deserve, but if Congress hadn’t been forced to act, more than 250,000 people “A military member would have been expelled just for adhering to his sincerely held religious beliefs, and I think that’s the most important thing,” he says.
“This fight is about fundamental rights. It’s not just about vaccines. … Our military leaders, our current administration, and our established political order reject our Constitution.”
To learn more about Asa’s story and current situation, check out the clip below.
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