{"id":120316,"date":"2021-02-07T15:03:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T20:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=120316"},"modified":"2021-02-07T15:27:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T20:27:47","slug":"d-c-mayor-muriel-bowsers-petty-hypocritical-tyranny-must-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-mayor-muriel-bowsers-petty-hypocritical-tyranny-must-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser\u2019s Petty, Hypocritical Tyranny Must Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fd-c-mayor-muriel-bowsers-petty-hypocritical-tyranny-must-stop%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=120316&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1248782227.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>One of D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser\u2019s tedious bureaucrats recently slipped into the sports bar I often visit with some of my other journalist friends.<\/p>\n<p>The health official, dismayed that too many patrons were standing in the bar\u2019s outdoor area instead of sitting, slapped the establishment with a $1,000 fine and slunk out shortly before closing time.<\/p>\n<p>The bartender and owner, whose inconspicuous business was already reeling from the city\u2019s reduced capacity limits, was crestfallen but conceded. We offered to publicize what had happened but he refused, terrified of retribution from Bowser\u2019s government. \u201cI\u2019ll just pay the fine,\u201d he sighed as he began to clean up.<\/p>\n<p>There have been many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonian.com\/2020\/12\/02\/a-running-list-of-dc-area-restaurants-and-bars-that-have-closed-during-the-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unfortunate consequences<\/a> to the District of Columbia\u2019s seemingly interminable health orders, but one particularly pitiful outcome has been that even everyday citizens have been reduced to enforcing them. I felt sorry for the bouncer as I watched his anxious eyes dart around the room, looking for anyone who might dare stand up too long or exceed the six-person limit by venturing to a neighboring table. Anyone who has worked at a bar or restaurant knows that this gig is inherently thankless and already stressful enough.<\/p>\n<p>Set against the dreary backdrop of a city disfigured by razor-topped fences and a lingering military presence, the incident at the bar was terribly depressing and infuriating. But it was also frightening. A city minion sneaking around dive bars looking for violations of increasingly arbitrary edicts is bad enough. What makes matters worse is when the one whose neck received the jackboot is afraid to mention it.<\/p>\n<p>Bowser\u2019s rule throughout the pandemic has involved one long train of usurpations and abuses, to borrow a phrase from one of the founding documents that made this city possible. Even in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/2020-democrat-hypocrisy-hall-of-shame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crowded field<\/a> of Democrat leaders who flaunt their own restrictions, Bowser stands out for the contempt she has shown toward her struggling constituents by her unabashed hypocrisy.<\/p>\n<p>When Harry\u2019s Bar, a downtown pub popular among Trump supporters and police officers, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonian.com\/2020\/11\/15\/dc-trump-supporter-bar-gets-1000-fine-for-maskless-crowds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fined<\/a> $2,000 for mask violations in November, Bowser was busy in Wilmington, Delaware, celebrating at Biden\u2019s victory party. Delaware at the time was one of the mayor\u2019s designated \u201chigh-risk states\u201d from which travelers were strictly mandated to self-quarantine for two weeks. Because her trip was \u201cessential travel,\u201d Bowser\u2019s office <a href=\"https:\/\/dcist.com\/story\/20\/11\/10\/bowser-covid19-delaware-joe-biden-speech-kamala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">maintained<\/a> that she was exempt from her own rules. Her spokeswoman offered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dc-mayor-exempts-john-lewis-funeral-attendees-from-citys-quarantine-restrictions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">similar excuse<\/a> for the federal lawmakers who crammed into the pews at Rep. John Lewis\u2019 funeral in Atlanta last July.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dc <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorBowser?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MayorBowser<\/a> &amp; staff attended <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeBiden<\/a> victory speech in Wilmington, DE Saturday. Delaware on the Mayor\u2019s list of \u201cHigh Risk\u201d states which would require quarantine after returning. Bowser staff says the trip was \u201cessential travel\u201d exempted under Mayor\u2019s order. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nbcwashington?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nbcwashington<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GOAdajeENp\">pic.twitter.com\/GOAdajeENp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Segraves (@SegravesNBC4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SegravesNBC4\/status\/1325899794146058242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In particular, D.C. churches have borne the brunt of Bowser. The church I typically attend requires me to register in advance and sit with an entire pew to myself. When the prominent Capitol Hill Baptist Church <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/prominent-evangelical-church-sues-d-c-mayor-over-selective-enforcement-of-lockdowns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sued Bowser<\/a> last fall after she capped <em>outdoor<\/em> church gatherings at 100 people, their <a href=\"https:\/\/context-cdn.washingtonpost.com\/notes\/prod\/default\/documents\/eecc2501-3017-43a4-97fd-c8b7f579497c\/note\/2cf9ae61-0a27-41f8-aa3a-d0cc4d520c0d.#page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lawsuit<\/a> explicitly referenced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OJX8UUDA734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">her participation<\/a> in the crowded Black Lives Matter demonstrations over the summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Church takes no issue with [Bowser\u2019s] decision to permit these gatherings, which are themselves protected by the First Amendment, and the Church supports this exercise of First Amendment rights,\u201d the lawsuit said. \u201cThe Church does, however, take exception to [Bowser\u2019s] decision to favor certain expressive gatherings over others. The First Amendment protects both mass protests and religious worship. But Mayor Bowser, by her own admission, has preferred the former over the latter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/judge-rules-in-favor-of-capitol-hill-baptist-church-in-lawsuit-against-d-c-mayor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ruled in favor<\/a> of Capitol Hill Baptist Church and Bowser backed off, but she seemingly failed to learn her lesson and clamped down yet again on houses of worship in the lead-up to Christmas. This time, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. sued her for capping church attendance at 50 people regardless of building size. In response, she loosened her restrictions and set limits on churches to&nbsp;25% of their capacity or up to 250 people, whichever is fewer.<\/p>\n<p>That number fell a bit short of the 6,000 people who can fit into the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in northeast D.C., but the Church\u2019s attorney considered the mayor\u2019s generous compromise \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dc-mayor-muriel-bowser-catholic-archdiocese-reach-christmas-truce-on-attendance-limits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a Christmas truce<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As tempting as it is to hope that such onerous preventative measures will end with vaccines, it is troubling that both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/02\/04\/dr-fauci-on-why-its-important-to-wear-a-mask-after-getting-your-covid-vaccine-.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Anthony Fauci<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/psaki-social-distancing-and-masking-still-essential-after-vaccination\/\">White House<\/a> asserted last week that masks and social distancing must continue regardless. And sadly, to paraphrase Joseph de Maistre, every city gets the government it deserves. I rarely venture out of my house these days, but when I do, I seldom bother to wear a mask outdoors. Almost without exception, everyone I pass on the sidewalk is obediently wrapped, and even from a distance, seemingly treats me with the aversion once reserved for Old Testament lepers.<\/p>\n<p>Masks, as well as the manifold cleansing rules and rituals, have become more than just protections from a virus. They are a statement of faith in the bureaucrat worship that has become a key tenet in the new progressive religion, of which Washington is the Mecca. The District of Columbia, therefore, is probably hopeless, but that is nothing new. The land of the free will hopefully retain enough enclaves where future generations can slug a beer in peace.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/2020-democrat-hypocrisy-hall-of-shame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2020 Democrat Hypocrisy Hall Of Shame<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">&nbsp;<em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser\u2019s tedious bureaucrats recently slipped into the sports bar I often visit with some of my other journalist friends. 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