{"id":1211446,"date":"2022-01-12T14:35:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T19:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1211446"},"modified":"2022-01-12T14:35:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T19:35:23","slug":"sen-cruz-go-ask-biden-why-hes-not-wearing-a-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-cruz-go-ask-biden-why-hes-not-wearing-a-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Cruz: Go ask Biden why he\u2019s not wearing a mask"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fsen-cruz-go-ask-biden-why-hes-not-wearing-a-mask%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=1211446&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 id=\"attachment_2633224\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2633224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 7, 2021. Cruz appeared on Fox News Channel\u2019s Tucker Carlson show on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, to apologize for describing the Jan. 6 insurrection as \u201ca violent terrorist attack on the Capitol\u201d in an earlier statement marking the anniversary. He told Carlson: \u201cThe way I phrased things yesterday, it was sloppy and it was frankly dumb.\u201d But despite insisting to Carlson that he had misspoken, Cruz has consistently used the \u201cterrorism\u201d terminology to refer to the attack over the past year. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 10:32 AM PT \u2013 Wednesday, January 12, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) pushed back on calls to wear face masks amid growing evidence they don\u2019t work against COVID-19. While talking to reporters Tuesday, the Texas lawmaker was asked why he wasn\u2019t wearing a mask at all times amid the spread of the Omicron variant.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cJust once I\u2019d like to see a reporter say to Joe Biden when he stands at the damn podium (slams fist on podium) at the White House without a mask, \u2018Mr. President why aren\u2019t you wearing a mask?&#8217;\u201d said the Republican.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cruz continued by saying if Democrats like masks so much they should be able to wear those masks while others should be able to go mask-free.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cI do know Dr. (Anthony) Fauci has been all over the map on it; he said \u2018yes\u2019 masks, \u2018no\u2019 masks, he said I lied to the American people because they couldn\u2019t handle it,\u201d Cruz stated. \u201cAt some point, the American people ought to be able to exercise their own freedom and make their decision. If you want to wear a mask, God bless you. You can wear a mask the rest of your life, that\u2019s your choice, but other people ought to be able to have the right and choice not to wear a mask.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tedcruz<\/a> responds to a PBS reporter asking him why Senate Republicans aren&#8217;t wearing masks: &#8220;Just once, I&#8217;d like to see a reporter say to Joe Biden when he stands at the damn podium in the White House without a mask &#8216;Mr. President, why aren&#8217;t you wearing a mask?'&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qUZFD3ePCZ\">pic.twitter.com\/qUZFD3ePCZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Logan Ratick (@Logan_Ratick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Logan_Ratick\/status\/1480967655167340544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Over the past two years, many Republicans have criticized masks as being a show of \u201cpolitical theatre\u201d and \u201cvirtue signaling\u201d that have no practical purpose.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/rep-jordan-jan-6-committee-dangerous-witch-hunt\/\">Rep. Jordan: Jan. 6 Committee Dangerous Witch Hunt<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 7, 2021. 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