GOP chief Ronna McDaniel nails the Democrats on their blatant holier than thou hypocrisy on COVID. Come November, the Democrats will come to know their folly.
The left wants to force vaccine mandates, fire workers, and use emergency powers to end opposition.
It’s happening in Canada, and if Biden had his way with his mandate, he would make it happen here too.
— Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) February 16, 2022
McDaniel: Democrats and double standards have always gone hand-in-hand. But they’ve never been quite as blatant as we’ve seen during the pandemic.
Last week, photos surfaced of Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams grinning maskless while a classroom full of masked children sat behind her. Two days later, Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin snapped a mask-free selfie at a campaign event while her masked constituents sat in the background. And just over the weekend, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and a host of other celebrities were spotted without masks at the Super Bowl in LA, where an indoor mask mandate is still in effect. Just two weeks earlier, Garcetti was criticized for posing maskless with California Gov. Gavin Newsom at an NFL playoff game.
Those are just the most recent examples. Democrats have been flouting their own rules since the beginning of the pandemic — and they’re often repeat offenders. The message is clear: Mask mandates only apply to regular Americans, not the elite Democrats who put the mandates in place. The hypocrisy is the point.
As Democrats try to hold on to power, our children pay the price. A child psychiatrist from Johns Hopkins University is warning students are falling behind in school due to forced masking. It “affects learning and development, particularly for our youngest learners” and “provides little discernible benefit,” making this crisis even worse.
Speech therapists are reporting a 364% increase in referrals of babies and toddlers with speech delays. Deaf and hard-of-hearing children experience “significantly hampered word recognition” because masks stop them from reading lips. Some masks that kids are forced to wear are “very hard to breathe in.”
While the consequences of masking are everywhere, there’s little evidence in favor of forced masking, especially for children. The science simply does not support mask mandates on toddlers in schools. That’s why most countries in the Western world don’t force kids to wear masks. The United States is one of just seven that does. The U.S. represents freedom. It’s embarrassing that we’ve so comprehensively failed to live up to that reputation when it comes to forcing masks on kids.
But the Biden administration still refuses to change its guidance. Just this past week, Biden CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said “now is not the moment” to drop mandates…
While Democrats kept your toddler in masks for two years, Republican governors like Florida’s Ron DeSantis and Texas’s Greg Abbott started getting their states back to normal long ago. Republican governors empowered parents to make the best choices for their children.
For all their cheap talk about “following the science,” Democrats’ mask hypocrisy is proof of what we always knew: Masks on children are just about power and virtue signaling. Maskless photo-ops are a symbol of Democrats’ lack of respect for their constituents. On November 8, voters will hold them accountable.
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