{"id":2023339,"date":"2023-09-06T12:27:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T16:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-go-to-war-against-mask-mandates\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T12:30:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T16:30:59","slug":"republicans-go-to-war-against-mask-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-go-to-war-against-mask-mandates\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans wage war on mask mandates."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/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%2Frepublicans-go-to-war-against-mask-mandates%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=2023339&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 data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Republican Lawmakers Push\u200b Back Against Mask Mandates<\/h2>\n<p>A number of Republican lawmakers and \u200bfigures have\u2063 voiced their displeasure with reports indicating\u2062 that\u200d some businesses \u2062are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-now-recommends-vaccinated-americans-mask-up-if-living-in-high-transmission-area\/\" title=\"CDC Now Recommends Vaccinated Americans Mask Up If Living In High Transmission Area\">reimposing mask mandates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. J.D Vance (R-Ohio) announced\u2062 plans on Sept. 5 to\u2062 introduce the &#8220;Freedom to Breathe Act,&#8221; which would prevent\u2064 the federal\u2064 government from issuing\u200d federal\u2062 mask mandates in\u2062 the United States.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We tried mask mandates once in this country. They failed to control the\u200b spread of\u200b respiratory viruses, violated basic bodily freedom, and\u200b set our fellow citizens against one another,&#8221; said Mr. Vance in a\u200b statement this \u2062week. &#8220;This legislation will\u200c ensure that no federal\u200b bureaucracy, \u2064no commercial airline, and no public school can impose \u200dthe misguided policies of \u2063the\u2063 past.\u200d Democrats \u200bsay\u200c they&#8217;re not going to bring \u200dback \u2062mask\u2062 mandates\u2014we&#8217;re going to \u200dhold \u2063them to\u200b their word.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n              <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/biden-tests-negative-for-covid-19-to-don-mask-after-first-ladys-positive-test-5486629\">Biden Tests Negative for COVID-19, to \u200bDon Mask After First Lady&#8217;s Positive\u200b Test<\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/5\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n              <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/sen-vance-seeks-to-block-any-return-of-federal-mask-mandates-5486559\">Sen. Vance Seeks to Block Any \u2063Return of \u2062Federal Mask Mandates<\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/5\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At\u200c the same time, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a trained physician\u200c who \u2063has been opposed to\u200c COVID-19 \u200cmandates of any kind, \u200ctold Fox News on Tuesday evening that masking is &#8220;more about control&#8221; than\u2062 anything else. &#8220;They have \u200balways\u2063 had utter disdain for the working class,\u2063 utter disdain for\u200c the regular folks,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you \u200cdon\u2019t have a Ph.D.,\u2062 they think you\u2019re not\u200b smart enough to\u200d make your \u2064own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-introduces-bill-allowing-fathers-to-prevent-an-abortion\/\" title=\"Tennessee Introduces Bill Allowing Fathers To Prevent An Abortion\">health care decisions<\/a>,&#8221; he\u2062 added, &#8220;so they have a great deal\u2063 of love and inspiration that comes from central authority\u200b and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-go-to-war-against-mask-mandates\/\" title=\"Republicans wage war on mask mandates.\">big government making decisions<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The legislature \u200din \u200bTexas passed a bill that went\u2063 into law in September\u2064 that \u200cbars\u2064 COVID-19 restrictions that require people to wear masks in public spaces. A \u200dspokesperson for Texas \u2064Gov.\u200d Greg Abbott praised\u2063 the \u2064move in a\u200c recent statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">&#8220;Thanks to Governor Abbott \u200dand the hard work of the Texas\u2062 Legislature, Texas \u200chas closed the door on COVID \u2063restrictions,&#8221; Andrew Mahaleris, an Abbot spokesman, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/republicans-declare-war-mask-mandates-1824750\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a> this week.<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">Rep. Marjorie \u2062Taylor-Greene \u2062(R-Ga.) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1697397823875018936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1697397823875018936%7Ctwgr%5E185fc943587f8e5b44a92731d16f9402246ce78b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Frepublicans-declare-war-mask-mandates-1824750\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> \u200din a recent town hall \u200bevent that she \u2063won&#8217;t\u200d for a federal budget that included funding for COVID-19 mask mandates or\u200c other related rules. &#8220;That is over,&#8221; \u2063she said during an Aug. 31 town hall in Floyd County, Georgia. &#8220;Even Joe Biden\u200b said it was over.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) speaks at the Heritage \u2063Foundation&#8217;s Leadership Summit in \u200dNational Harbor, Md., \u200bon Apr. 20, \u200c2023. (Terri Wu\/The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">And Kari Lake, a \u200crising GOP\u2062 star \u200bwho ran for governor in\u2063 Arizona, wrote to her hundreds of thousands of\u2064 followers on\u200c Twitter, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KariLake\/status\/1693341469606633786\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">or X<\/a>, that \u200c\u201cI will not comply with any new mandates or lockdown,&#8221; suggesting that others do the same.<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\u201cWe won\u2019t give up \u200dour \u200dfreedoms again,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAndyBiggsAZ\/status\/1699096036025806899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote Rep. Andy Biggs<\/a> (R-Ariz.) \u2062on Monday. \u2063\u201cNo more \u2063tyrannical vaccine\u2064 or mask \u2062mandates.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>Several days ago, President Donald \u2063Trump\u2063 released a video\u200c on\u200b social media and declared\u200c that Americans shouldn&#8217;t follow mask mandates or lockdowns. He\u200b described\u200d individuals pushing for \u2063new mandates as being &#8220;COVID tyrant[s].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo every\u2062 COVID tyrant who \u2062wants to take away\u200c our freedom, hear these words:\u200d We \u2062will not comply, so \u2062don\u2019t even think about it,&#8221; he said last week. &#8220;We\u2062 will not shut down our\u2064 schools. We will \u200bnot accept your lockdowns. We will not abide by your mask mandates and we will not tolerate your vaccine mandates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d former president then invoked the 2020 election. \u201cThey\u2063 rigged\u200d the 2020 election\u200d and \u200cnow they\u2019re trying to do the same thing all over\u200c again by\u200c rigging the most\u2064 important election in the \u2064history of our country, \u2063the 2024 election, even if it means trying to bring back COVID. But they will fail because we will not let\u2064 it happen,\u201d\u200d he\u2064 added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">A former Trump official,\u200b Dr. Deborah Birx, who initially led the COVID-19 pandemic response for\u200d the federal government in 2020, suggested \u2064in a weekend interview that mask mandates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/former-federal-health-official-pushes-back-on-mask-mandates-5485691\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">don\u2019t need to come \u200dback<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t need to mandate,\u201d Dr. Birx told Newsmax on\u2064 Sept.\u2063 2. \u201cWe need \u200dto actually empower people \u2063with\u200b the information that\u200c they need for\u200d themselves and their families\u200d because\u200b every family is different. And\u200d by the way, outside is safe, and playgrounds are safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Response coordinator for White House Coronavirus \u2063Task Force Deborah \u2064Birx speaks as President Donald Trump listens during the daily briefing on the CCP virus in the Brady Briefing Room at the\u2064 White House on April 15, \u20622020.\u2064 (Mandel Ngan\/AFP \u2063via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The\u2064 declarations against mandates come as multiple hospitals,\u2064 at \u200bleast one elementary school, a college, offices, \u200band several other sporadic \u2064locations\u200b have reinstated masking\u2064 starting last month. Meanwhile, First Lady\u200c Jill Biden \u2062tested positive for COVID-19, according\u2064 to the White House, which said \u200cthat\u200c President Joe Biden will now wear a mask in\u200d public.<\/p>\n<p>Morris Brown College, described as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/atlanta-college-confirms-temporary-covid-mask-mandate-has-ended\/\" title=\"Atlanta College's temporary COVID mask mandate has been lifted.\">historically black liberal arts college<\/a>, stated in mid-August \u2062that it \u200dwould reimpose mask\u2064 mandates \u200damid what \u2062it \u200dsaid was a \u2062rise in\u200b COVID-19\u200c cases on campuses near where it\u2019s located. That rule was scheduled to end on Sept. 3, and the college confirmed to \u2063outlets that it\u200d has been rescinded.<\/p>\n<p>Hollywo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few Republican lawmakers and figures expressed discontent over businesses reinstating mask mandates. 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J.D Vance (R-Ohio) intends to introduce the &#8220;Freedom to Breathe Act,&#8221; barring federal mask mandates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":2023340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2023339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023339","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\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2023339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2023340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2023339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2023339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2023339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}