{"id":1444870,"date":"2022-04-18T19:29:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T23:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1444870"},"modified":"2022-04-18T19:29:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T23:29:59","slug":"biden-admin-confirms-masking-for-public-transportation-is-not-in-effect-after-court-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-confirms-masking-for-public-transportation-is-not-in-effect-after-court-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Confirms Masking For Public Transportation \u2018Is Not In Effect\u2019 After Court Ruling"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fbiden-admin-confirms-masking-for-public-transportation-is-not-in-effect-after-court-ruling%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=1444870&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><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s administration conceded Monday that there is no longer a mask mandate for public transportation after a federal judge struck down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s (CDC) order.<\/p>\n<p>Hours after District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle of Florida\u2019s middle district <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/18\/public-transportation-mask-mandate-covid-coronavirus-overturned-lawsuit\/\">issued<\/a> her ruling, a Biden administration official noted that \u201cagencies are reviewing the decision and assessing potential next steps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The official confirmed that \u201cin the meantime,\u201d the mask mandate for public transportation no longer applies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe agencies are reviewing the decision and assessing potential next steps,\u201d the administration official said in a statement. \u201cIn the meantime, today\u2019s court decision means CDC\u2019s public transportation masking order is not in effect at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 Admin official says \u201ctoday\u2019s court decision means CDC\u2019s public transportation masking order is not in effect at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTSA will not enforce its Security Directives and Emergency Amendment requiring mask use on public transportation and transportation hubs at this time.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rz4gSGhyz0\">pic.twitter.com\/rz4gSGhyz0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShelbyTalcott\/status\/1516175461214298123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, TSA will not enforce its Security Directives and Emergency Amendment requiring mask use on public transportation and transportation hubs at this time. CDC recommends that people continue to wear masks in indoor public transportation settings,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Mizelle was appointed by former President Donald Trump, and ruled that the mask mandate goes beyond the CDC\u2019s statutory authority.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, White House press secretary Jen Psaki was pressed about the announcement. At the time, she offered little clarity and reiterated that the CDC recommends wearing masks. Psaki also noted that the administration believes the order should remain in place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re continuing to recommend people wear masks. I don\u2019t have any updates. This just came out,\u201d Psaki said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">CBS\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edokeefe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EdOKeefe<\/a>: \u201cIs the WH anticipating an announcement by Homeland Security tonight\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Psaki: \u201cThey are assessing it right now and as soon as they have an assessment and an update on additional steps, they\u2019ll \u2014 they\u2019ll make that available.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oXzZCJ78QP\">pic.twitter.com\/oXzZCJ78QP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1516151052269068291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Biden administration\u2019s public transportation masking order was one of the last restrictions remaining from the COVID-19 global pandemic. The directive recently sparked <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/24\/airline-ceo-jetblue-delta-american-southwest-letter-joe-biden-mask-mandate\/\">backlash<\/a> from several major <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/16\/two-airline-ceos-challenge-mask-mandates-planes\/\">airlines<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/16\/joe-biden-airline-mask-mandate-hepa-filters-congress\/\">(RELATED:\u00a0The Biden Administration Is Ignoring The Science On Airplane Masking)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven that we have entered a different phase of dealing with this virus, we strongly support your view that \u2018COVID-19 need no longer control our lives,\u2019\u201d a letter sent in March by the leaders of American Airlines, Delta, Southwest, JetBlue and other major companies read. \u201cNow is the time for the Administration to sunset federal transportation travel restrictions \u2026 that are no longer aligned with the realities of the current epidemiological environment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s administration conceded Monday that there is no longer a mask mandate for public transportation after a federal judge struck down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":1444878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1444870","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\/1444870","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\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1444870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1444878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1444870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1444870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1444870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}