Kerry Caught Not Wearing Mask On Flight. He Claims It Was Only A Moment; Witness Claims That’s Not True.

Democrat John Kerry, the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, was photographed not wearing a mask today while flying in first class and reading a book.

The Tennessee Star reported that Kerry was not eating or drinking when he had his mask off as he waited for the American Airlines flight to take off from Boston to Washington. “He was simply flaunting Biden’s mandatory mask policy.”

@TheTNStar Exclusive: Biden’s @ClimateEnvoy John Kerry, took off his mask as he settled into a book in his first-class seat just before takeoff today on an @AmericanAir flight Boston to DC. He was not eating, nor drinking. He was simply flaunting Biden’s mandatory mask policy. pic.twitter.com/t1wDq9OtxD

— ReporterMcCabe (@NeilWMcCabe2) March 17, 2021

American Airlines responded to photographs that were posted of Kerry online by claiming that they were “actively looking into” the incident, while adding that “every customer is required to wear a mask and our policies haven’t changed.”

“Feels like there’s some St. Patrick’s day ‘malarkey’ afoot on Twitter. Let’s be clear: If I dropped my mask to one ear on a flight, it was momentary,” Kerry claimed without evidence. “I wear my mask because it saves lives and stops the spread. It’s what the science tells us to do.”

However, the person who photographed Kerry told Fox News that Kerry took his mask off after boarding ahead of the other passengers.

“I salute our Very Special Presidential Envoy for Climate for not flying private, but instead flying first class commercial with the rest of us common folk,” the passenger, who wished to remain anonymous, told Fox News. “And while he can’t bring himself to follow his own party’s mask restrictions, we should cut him some slack. Being an elite hypocrite is hard work!”

The passenger pushed back on Kerry’s claim that his mask was only off “momentarily,” saying: “His mask was off for five minutes. If five minutes is ‘momentarily,’ he’s correct. Not sure being in a plane without a mask for five minutes is excusable.”

Uh huh. pic.twitter.com/KAjYbwNPUx

— Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) March 18, 2021

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