{"id":1394372,"date":"2022-03-22T14:17:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T18:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1394372"},"modified":"2022-03-22T14:17:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T18:17:40","slug":"vulnerable-dems-seek-to-get-rid-of-mask-mandates-as-quickly-as-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vulnerable-dems-seek-to-get-rid-of-mask-mandates-as-quickly-as-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Vulnerable Dems Seek To Get Rid Of Mask Mandates \u2018As Quickly As Possible\u2019"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fvulnerable-dems-seek-to-get-rid-of-mask-mandates-as-quickly-as-possible%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=1394372&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>Democrats facing competitive races in the 2022 midterm elections are attempting to get rid of mask mandates sooner, rather than later, Axios reported.<\/p>\n<p>Some vulnerable Democrats are supporting a Republican-led bill that would repeal mask mandates, setting up a confrontation with the White House\u2019s stance on the issue, Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/vulnerable-democrats-eye-gop-transit-mask-repeal-03f98f38-fd1e-4bf9-adb6-5d5f8a0e416e.html?utm_source=newsletter&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiossneakpeek&#038;stream=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m completely over mask mandates,\u201d said New York Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/09\/sean-patrick-maloney-hakeem-jeffries-thank-joe-biden-ending-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sean Patrick Maloney<\/a>, chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, according to Axios. \u201cI don\u2019t think they make any sense anymore. I\u2019m for whatever gets rid of mask mandates as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you\u2019re safer on an airplane than you are in a restaurant or at the gym, so I don\u2019t know why we\u2019re wearing masks in the air,\u201d he said, Axios reported.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7395831\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7395831\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) walks through the U.S. Capitol Building on September 21, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A resolution to nullify the Biden administration\u2019s public transportation mask mandate <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/15\/senate-votes-repeal-cdc-mask-mandate-public-transportation-rand-paul-resolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">passed the Senate<\/a> in a 57-40 vote on March 15. Eight Democrats voted for the resolution, including four who are considered to be among the most vulnerable for the party come November, Axios reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would vote for that,\u201d said Democratic Pennsylvania Rep. Susan Wild, according to Axios, arguing localities and airlines \u201ccan make that decision for themselves.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/21\/gop-black-candidates-voters-herschel-walker-2022-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: GOP Steps Up Recruitment Efforts For Black Candidates, Voters)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf, based on science, [airplanes are] just as safe as anywhere else, then we should be considering it,\u201d Democratic Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin said, Axios reported.<\/p>\n<p>Some Democrats remain hesitant to support <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/22\/eric-adams-new-york-city-end-mask-mandate-children-age-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rolling back mask mandates<\/a> after fervently championing them for the majority of the pandemic, Axios reported. The White House has also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/16\/joe-biden-threat-veto-senate-vote-repeal-mask-mandate-transportation-tsa-air-travel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">threatened to veto<\/a> the resolution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the House should stay out of issues of science, generally speaking,\u201d Democratic Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips said, Axios reported.<\/p>\n<p>Slotkin, Wild and Maloney did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats facing competitive races in the 2022 midterm elections are attempting to get rid of mask mandates sooner, rather than later, Axios reported.Some vulnerable Democrats are supporting a Republican-led bill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"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-1394372","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\/1394372","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\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1394372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1394372\/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=1394372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1394372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1394372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}