{"id":529938,"date":"2021-05-20T14:35:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T18:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=529938"},"modified":"2021-05-20T14:35:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T18:35:21","slug":"fine-the-science-not-follow-the-science-republican-rep-says-pelosis-guidance-hurts-vaccination-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fine-the-science-not-follow-the-science-republican-rep-says-pelosis-guidance-hurts-vaccination-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fine The Science, Not Follow The Science\u2019: Republican Rep. Says Pelosi\u2019s Guidance Hurts Vaccination Campaign"},"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%2Ffine-the-science-not-follow-the-science-republican-rep-says-pelosis-guidance-hurts-vaccination-campaign%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=529938&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\/miller-meeks-hemmer-e1621533294139.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"48.21494102228\">\n<p>Republican Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks argued that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi\u2019s decision to maintain a mask mandate is harming vaccination efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe could be a show of normalcy and what would happen if you got vaccinated as a motivation for people to get vaccinated,\u201d Miller-Meeks told Fox News\u2019 Bill Hemmer on Thursday. Miller-Meeks, an <a href=\"https:\/\/awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu\/directory\/mariannette-miller-meeks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ophthalmologist<\/a> and former director of the Iowa Department of Public Health, was recently fined $500 for violating the mask mandate. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/12\/01\/iowa-republican-mariannette-miller-meeks-won-race-6-votes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(RELATED: Iowa Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks Won Her Race By 6 Votes)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an issue that\u2019s very important to me,\u201d Miller-Meeks explained. \u201cIn the beginning of April I started wearing a mask that said \u2018vaccinated\u2019 and I\u2019ve been doing vaccine clinics and administering vaccines in the 24 counties in my district and saw the vaccination numbers going down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Center for Disease Control and Prevention <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/13\/cdc-maks-guidance-vaccination-indoors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> on May 13 that vaccinated individuals do not need to wear masks indoors or outdoors unless they are in crowded areas. Pelosi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mask-requirements-house-representatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> that she would not lift the House of Representative\u2019s mask mandate until all members are fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt clear guidance from the CDC if you were vaccinated you could go without your mask would help more people being incentivized to get vaccinated. So I spoke on the House floor April 22 about this issue asking for the House to lift its mandate so that we could be the leaders we\u2019re elected to be,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is something I\u2019ve been speaking about, very outspoken about, and done interviews about the safety of the vaccines, the effectiveness of the vaccines and then addressing people\u2019s concern about the vaccine. So it finally came to a head. I had already done several speeches on the floor about this issue. And then when the CDC released the mask mandate for indoors, that\u2019s when I did another speech on the floor and said I\u2019m not going to remove my mask. Nancy Pelosi wants to fine the science, not follow the science.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe White House and Chuck Schumer and the Senate don\u2019t have to wear masks,\u201d Miller-Meeks noted.<\/p>\n<p>Her stance has drawn <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/13\/republicans-letter-nancy-pelosi-house-mask-mandate-cdc-guidelines-bob-gibbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">criticism<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/18\/thomas-massie-nancy-pelosi-house-mask-requirement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">members<\/a> of Congress, as well as Admiral Brett <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/19\/brett-giroir-nancy-pelosi-house-mask-rule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Giroir<\/a>, who was a member of former President Trump\u2019s COVID-19 task force.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks argued that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi\u2019s decision to maintain a mask mandate is harming vaccination efforts. \u201cWe could be a show &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312491,"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\/miller-meeks-hemmer-e1621533294139.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Fine The Science, Not Follow The Science\u2019: Republican Rep. 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