White House rebuffs DHS secretary’s comments on possible vaccine passport

Published May 28, 2021 12:00am ET



The White House tamped down the speculation surrounding vaccine passports Friday, reiterating past opposition to a federal mandate requiring people to obtain one.

“We haven’t moved on our stance on this,” principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated while gaggling with reporters on Air Force One. “There will be no federal vaccination database and no federal mandate requiring everyone to obtain a single vaccination credential.”

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