{"id":608418,"date":"2021-08-02T11:05:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T15:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=608418"},"modified":"2021-08-02T11:05:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T15:05:24","slug":"dc-mayor-denies-breaking-her-own-mask-mandate-despite-photo-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-mayor-denies-breaking-her-own-mask-mandate-despite-photo-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"DC Mayor Denies Breaking Her Own Mask Mandate Despite Photo Evidence"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fdc-mayor-denies-breaking-her-own-mask-mandate-despite-photo-evidence%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=608418&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:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/bowser4-e1488407889632.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democratic Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser denied breaking her own mask mandate at a wedding Saturday night, despite photo evidence showing her seated maskless at a table.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Examiner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/dc-mayor-bowser-officiates-maskless-indoor-wedding-after-reinstated-mask-mandate\">first reported late Saturday<\/a> that the mayor had officiated a wedding attended by \u201chundreds of unmasked guests\u201d at 5-star Adams Morgan hotel, The Line DC.<\/p>\n<p>The Examiner included a photograph of the mayor seated at a table maskless, noting that she \u201cdid not wear a mask despite not actively eating or drinking.\u201d Several other guests in the picture are also not wearing masks.<\/p>\n<p>Bowser\u2019s office, which has not responded to repeated requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5dc.com\/news\/video-dc-mayor-bowser-officiates-large-wedding-after-new-indoor-mask-mandate\">denied to Fox 5 DC<\/a> that the mayor violated her own mask mandate, saying that she \u201cwore a mask indoors in compliance with the mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Mayor wore a mask indoors in compliance with the mandate, and the organizers and venue staff worked to create a safe environment for the staff and guests,\u201d Bowser\u2019s office said in a statement. \u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5dc.com\/news\/photos-appear-to-show-dc-mayor-celebrating-birthday-maskless-hours-before-mandate-went-into-effect\">Friday, July 30th evening event&nbsp;<\/a>called into question by conservative media was outdoors, on a rooftop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bowser\u2019s office also did not address the photograph published by the Examiner showing her maskless. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/12\/10\/covid-hypocrites-democrats-mary-margaret-olohan\/\">(RELATED: The Lawmakers Who Want You To Do As They Say, But Not As They Do)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The mayor had announced Thursday that she was reinstating DC\u2019s indoor mask mandate beginning Saturday, citing concerns regarding the Delta variant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the trends in cases that we see, we want to get ahead of it, nip it in the bud,\u201d Bowser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5dc.com\/news\/video-dc-mayor-bowser-officiates-large-wedding-after-new-indoor-mask-mandate\">said<\/a> Thursday. \u201cWe know masks can be very effective in doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time that Bowser has been caught breaking coronavirus rules she asked citizens to follow. The D.C. mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/09\/bowser-delaware-high-risk-quarantine\/\">traveled<\/a> to President Joe Biden\u2019s early November victory speech in \u201chigh risk\u201d Delaware despite the D.C. health department travel requirements.<\/p>\n<p>She later excused the trip by saying it was essential travel exempt under D.C.\u2019s restrictions. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/09\/bowser-delaware-high-risk-quarantine\/\">(RELATED: DC Mayor Traveled To \u2018High Risk\u2019 Delaware For Biden Victory Speech Despite Her Own Mandate)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Saturday, Mayor Bowser attended the remarks of the President-elect and the Vice President-elect and met with a few people on their team,\u201d Deputy Mayor John Falcicchio told the DCNF in November. \u201cShe went <a dir=\"ltr\">on Saturday evening<\/a>&nbsp;and returned the same evening for this essential travel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EXPOSING Lockdown Hypocrites\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/REjl6piGCNc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/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>Democratic Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser denied breaking her own mask mandate at a wedding Saturday night, despite photo evidence showing her seated maskless at a table.The Washington Examiner first &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-608418","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\/608418","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608418\/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=608418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}