{"id":522844,"date":"2021-05-18T18:20:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T22:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=522844"},"modified":"2021-05-18T18:20:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T22:20:23","slug":"not-based-on-science-rep-massie-refuses-pelosi-mask-mandate-for-floor-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-based-on-science-rep-massie-refuses-pelosi-mask-mandate-for-floor-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Not Based On Science\u2019: Rep. Massie Refuses Pelosi Mask Mandate For Floor Vote"},"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%2Fnot-based-on-science-rep-massie-refuses-pelosi-mask-mandate-for-floor-vote%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=522844&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\/2021\/05\/gettyimages-478166045-594x594-e1585337143579.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie criticized Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi\u2019s mask requirement Tuesday, saying that it lacked scientific backing and refused to wear a mask on the House floor Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had enough.\u201d Massie <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepThomasMassie\/status\/1394749773140344833\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a> in a tweet. \u201cWe are refusing to wear our masks on the floor during this vote in spite of Pelosi\u2019s threat to take $500 from each of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.560975609756\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We\u2019ve had enough. We are refusing to wear our masks on the floor during this vote in spite of Pelosi\u2019s threat to take $500 from each of us.<\/p>\n<p>Her rule is not based on science. All you need to know is the mask rule has only ever applied to members when they can be seen on TV !<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepThomasMassie\/status\/1394749773140344833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHer rule is not based on science. All you need to know is the mask rule has only ever applied to members when they can be seen on TV!,\u201d the congressman added. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/14\/eric-swalwell-rebuffs-marjorie-taylor-greene-aide-ditch-mask\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018You Don\u2019t Tell Me What To F**king Do!\u2019: Eric Swalwell Rebuffs Marjorie Taylor Greene Aide For Telling Him He Can Ditch His Mask)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Massie and around eight other House Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MZanona\/status\/1394758466737262599\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly<\/a> refused to wear masks on the House floor Tuesday. \u201cI can\u2019t hear you with your mask on,\u201d Massie shouted at an unspecified Democratic Rep. who confronted <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MZanona\/status\/1394760977258848265\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the group<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.4146341463415\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Among the R\u2019s I\u2019ve spotted refusing to wear a mask thus far:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Greene<br \/>\u2014Gohmert<br \/>\u2014Mary Miller<br \/>\u2014Van Duyne<br \/>\u2014Gohmert<br \/>\u2014Massie<br \/>\u2014Norman<br \/>\u2014Boebert<br \/>\u2014Roy<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Melanie Zanona (@MZanona) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MZanona\/status\/1394760977258848265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Following the reversals in guidance issued Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/13\/cdc-maks-guidance-vaccination-indoors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CDC)<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/13\/biden-white-house-mask-mandate-cdc-indoors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">White House<\/a> \u2014 that say fully vaccinated people to choose not to wear masks when indoors \u2014 a group of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/13\/republicans-letter-nancy-pelosi-house-mask-mandate-cdc-guidelines-bob-gibbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">over thirty House Republicans<\/a> spearheaded by Republican Ohio Rep. Bob Gibbs sent a letter to Pelosi, demanding returning the House to normalcy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpeaker Pelosi, In accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance released on May 13, 2021 we urge you to immediately return to normal voting procedures and end mandatory mask requirements in the House of Representatives,\u201d the Thursday letter read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States Congress must serve as a model to show the country we can resume normal life through vaccination. Let\u2019s follow the science and get back to work,\u201d Gibbs\u2019 letter concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Thus far, Pelosi has been adamant on continuing requiring masks on the House floor despite the updated CDC guidance and the mounting pressure from the House Republicans, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/nancy-pelosi-to-keep-mask-mandate-house-floor-cdc-guidance-2021-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to Business Insider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie criticized Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi\u2019s mask requirement Tuesday, saying that it lacked scientific backing and refused to wear a mask on the House &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278490,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gettyimages-478166045-594x594-e1585337143579.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Not Based On Science\u2019: Rep. Massie Refuses Pelosi Mask Mandate For Floor Vote","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-522844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gettyimages-478166045-594x594-e1585337143579.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Not Based On Science\u2019: Rep. 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