{"id":1278767,"date":"2022-02-07T14:23:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T19:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1278767"},"modified":"2022-02-07T14:23:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T19:23:39","slug":"some-blue-states-to-end-mask-mandates-joining-bidens-pivot-before-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-blue-states-to-end-mask-mandates-joining-bidens-pivot-before-midterms\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Blue States to End Mask Mandates, Joining Biden&#039;s Pivot Before Midterms"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fsome-blue-states-to-end-mask-mandates-joining-bidens-pivot-before-midterms%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=1278767&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--><p class=\"subheading\">New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) will announce Monday he will end mask mandates for school children and teachers the second week in March, the <em>New York Times<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13879252\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/phil-murphy-mask-AP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13879252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/phil-murphy-mask-AP.jpg\" alt=\"New Jersey Gov, Phil Murphy encourages residents to continue wearing face masks while in public during a coronavirus daily news briefing at the War Memorial building in Trenton, N.J., Friday, June 19, 2020. (Tariq Zehawi\/The Record via AP, Pool)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy encourages residents to continue wearing face masks while in public (Tariq Zehawi\/The Record via AP, Pool).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>With 2022 midterms elections on the horizon, Democrat-controlled states have perhaps realized their coronavirus policies are untenable. Pennsylvania announced it will allow children to remove masks, while New York and Connecticut are weighing whether to extend or allow mask mandates to expire. Delaware will remove school mask mandates March 31.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">\u201cThe overwhelming sentiment on both sides of the aisle,\u201d Murphy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/02\/07\/nyregion\/nj-school-mask-mandate-murphy.html\">said<\/a> Wednesday, \u201cis we want to get to a place where we can live with this thing in as normal a fashion as possible\u201d before the midterm election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">With Gov. Ron DeSantis and Gov. Greg Abbott (R) leading the way, many red states banned mask mandates in the summer, which Democrats strongly fought in the courts. Currently, eight states have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nashp.org\/states-enact-policies-to-support-students-transition-back-to-school\/\">banned<\/a>&nbsp;mask mandates, and 16 are still mandating masks, according to the National Academy for State Health Policy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17125202\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Abbott-DeSantis-Briefing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17125202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Abbott-DeSantis-Briefing.png\" alt=\"Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Texas Governor Greg Abbott during border briefing in Del Rio, Texas. (Video Screenshot)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott during border briefing in Del Rio, Texas (Video Screenshot).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">Some Democrats worry the pivot towards allowing individuals the freedom to mask up or not may be too soon and may reflect poorly on President Joe Biden\u2019s promise to shut down the virus if another Chinese coronavirus variant attacks the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one wants a repeat of last July,\u201d a Democrat strategist <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/592906-white-house-gets-set-for-cautious-pivot-on-pandemic?rl=1\">told<\/a> the <em>Hill<\/em>.&nbsp;\u201cWe can\u2019t spike the football when we\u2019re dealing with a huge unknown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the White House\u2019s coronavirus response director, Jeff Zients, told reporters Wednesday the nation is inching closer to when the coronavirus will no longer \u201cdisrupt our daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cOur progress over the last year and the tools we now have certainly allow us to get closer to a time when COVID doesn\u2019t disrupt our daily lives but is something we protect against and treat,\u201d he said. \u201cAs we make more progress against omicron, we\u2019ll, you know, get closer to that point.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p>The Democrats\u2019 pivot from \u201cmandate culture\u201d towards reaching a \u201cnew normal\u201d comes as the midterms are approaching. Polling indicates the coronavirus is no longer the most urgent crisis for the Democrat regime to solve. The economy now outranks the coronavirus, and, specifically, the 40-year-high inflation is of greatest concern for Americans.<\/p>\n<p>As Biden tries to shift to a new normal after more than a year as president, his polling numbers on the coronavirus have&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pollingreport.com\/biden_adm.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sunk<\/a>. In January, a majority of Americans disapproved of his handling of the pandemic by a seven-point spread. In December, a majority approved by a six-point spread, a change of 13 points. Indeed, more Americans have died under Biden\u2019s management of the pandemic than did under Donald Trump\u2019s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18596594\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236325596.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18596594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236325596.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the authorization of the Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus on November 3, 2021 (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p>Overall, Biden\u2019s average approval rating is hovering around the low 40s, his lowest mark at 33 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s tanking approval rating is a worry for Democrats heading into November elections, as this may become a red wave victory for Republicans, who have slammed Biden\u2019s abdication of complicated policy decisions as being passed on to one select group of health experts.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/gettr.com\/user\/wendellhusebo\">Gettr<\/a>&nbsp;@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) will announce Monday he will end mask mandates for school children and teachers the second week in March, the New York Times reported. 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