{"id":1285637,"date":"2022-02-09T14:53:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T19:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1285637"},"modified":"2022-02-09T14:53:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T19:53:24","slug":"masks-for-thee-democrat-val-demings-appears-maskless-in-florida-amid-crowd-of-masked-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/masks-for-thee-democrat-val-demings-appears-maskless-in-florida-amid-crowd-of-masked-people\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Masks for Thee\u2019: Democrat Val Demings Appears Maskless in Florida amid Crowd of Masked People"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fmasks-for-thee-democrat-val-demings-appears-maskless-in-florida-amid-crowd-of-masked-people%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=1285637&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\/2022\/02\/AP21160482114863-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) appeared unmasked at an event in Alachua County, Florida, over the weekend while everyone in her vicinity was wearing a mask, according to a video that surfaced Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Demings is seen in the minute-long clip, shared by the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), surrounded by adults who are all masked applauding her.<\/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<p><strong>Watch:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Hypocrite <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/valdemings?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@valdemings<\/a> doesn\u2019t wear a mask while she mingles with a crowd of masked people. <\/p>\n<p>Does the science not apply to her? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4RTD5iSCb5\">pic.twitter.com\/4RTD5iSCb5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NRSC Rapid Response (@NRSC_Rapid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NRSC_Rapid\/status\/1490783535472463877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The video comes as Democrat leaders across the country are getting caught in photos and videos without masks while at the same time advocating for masking or mandating masking on average Americans.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In perhaps the most illustrative example yet, just north of Demings, Georgia Democrat gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams was&nbsp;<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/06\/abrams-campaign-maskless-photo-surrounded-masked-children-stacey-trusts-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">photographed<\/a>&nbsp;on Friday without a mask in front of dozens of masked elementary school children while parents across the country have expressed outrage over governments and school officials forcing masking on kids, who are at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/science\/science-briefs\/transmission_k_12_schools.html\">low risk<\/a>&nbsp;of severe illness from coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Other recent instances of mask-happy Democrats appearing maskless have come from California Gov.&nbsp;<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/01\/31\/video-pics-show-gavin-newsom-maskless-far-more-than-brief-second\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gavin Newsom<\/a>&nbsp;(D), Rep.&nbsp;<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/07\/democrat-rep-elissa-slotkin-poses-maskless-with-masked-event-attendees-following-stacey-abrams-example\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elissa Slotkin<\/a>&nbsp;(D-MI), Los Angeles Mayor&nbsp;<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/02\/03\/i-didnt-exhale-garcetti-claims-he-held-breath-in-maskless-photo-therefore-ok\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eric Garcetti<\/a>&nbsp;(D), Rep.&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1490198419201167362?s=20&amp;t=Uwlw4vARtQHS1Km_DBjWcw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jamaal Bowman<\/a>&nbsp;(D-NY), and more.<\/p>\n<p>Demings was a&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepValDemings\/status\/1352371584460271616?s=20&amp;t=4_0XRAy68rVF_2CdGzPq7w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vocal<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepValDemings\/status\/1337484618908438529?s=20&amp;t=4_0XRAy68rVF_2CdGzPq7w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mask<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepValDemings\/status\/1280608231723872258?s=20&amp;t=4_0XRAy68rVF_2CdGzPq7w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proponent<\/a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepValDemings\/status\/1342250041411391489?s=20&amp;t=4_0XRAy68rVF_2CdGzPq7w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2020<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepValDemings\/status\/1363987518723653633?s=20&amp;t=4_0XRAy68rVF_2CdGzPq7w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">and<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepValDemings\/status\/1430895832216211458?s=20&amp;t=4_0XRAy68rVF_2CdGzPq7w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2021<\/a>, though she has not been as adamant on the matter as her husband, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings (D). Jerry Demings last July&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/444393-jerry-demings-declares-new-covid-19-emergency-in-orange-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stood<\/a>&nbsp;against Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) \u2014 who had signed legislation protecting Floridians\u2019 freedom to choose whether to wear a mask \u2014 and mandated Orange County employees wear masks, as well as mandated that all non-union county employees get vaccinated.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Miami-Dade <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorDaniella?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MayorDaniella<\/a> Levine Cava, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OCFLMayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OCFLMayor<\/a> Jerry Demings defy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovRonDeSantis<\/a> with mask, vaccine mandates<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AP<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lVjNtY05QO\">https:\/\/t.co\/lVjNtY05QO<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FlaPol?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FlaPol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DXKE1CUjKN\">pic.twitter.com\/DXKE1CUjKN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Florida Politics (@Fla_Pol) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fla_Pol\/status\/1420724151661252608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Val Demings is hoping to unseat incumbent Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) in this year\u2019s U.S. Senate race in the Sunshine State battleground. Upon seeing the video of a maskless Demings, Rubio\u2019s Senate campaign piled on to the criticism that Democrat politicians nationwide are attracting for appearing unmasked while their party is the one that has been advocating for mandates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVal Demings got caught joining the \u2018Masks for thee, but not for me\u2019 club this week,\u201d Rubio Communications Director Elizabeth Gregory said in a statement provided to Breitbart News. \u201cWashington Democrats like Demings spent two years imposing mandates on American families while they lived by a different set of rules. Floridians will overwhelmingly reject this elitism and hypocrisy this November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NRSC, the predominant Republican Senate campaign committee which initially shared the video of Demings, also bashed the Florida Democrat for hypocrisy, saying in a statement that \u201cDemocrats are all about more rules, until it affects them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Write to Ashley Oliver at <a href=\"mailto:aoliver@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aoliver@breitbart.com<\/a>. Follow her on Twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/asholiver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@asholiver<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) appeared unmasked at an event in Alachua County, Florida, over the weekend while everyone in her vicinity was wearing a mask, according to a video that &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1285637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1285637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1285637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1285637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1285637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}