{"id":610842,"date":"2021-08-04T11:50:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T15:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=610842"},"modified":"2021-08-04T11:50:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T15:50:26","slug":"rand-paul-calls-on-citizens-to-resist-mask-mandates-and-lockdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rand-paul-calls-on-citizens-to-resist-mask-mandates-and-lockdowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Rand Paul Calls On Citizens To \u2018Resist\u2019 Mask Mandates And Lockdowns"},"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%2Frand-paul-calls-on-citizens-to-resist-mask-mandates-and-lockdowns%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=610842&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\/08\/GettyImages-1230951126-scaled-e1628090419272.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is calling on citizens to outright ignore new mask mandates and potential lockdowns that may be imposed as a result of the Delta variant.<\/p>\n<p>In an op-ed published Wednesday on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/mask-mandates-lockdown-choose-freedom-sen-rand-paul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox News<\/a>, Paul called on citizens to \u201cchoose freedom\u201d over accepting new <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/29\/dc-reimposes-mask-mandate-regardless-vaccination-status-muriel-bowser-delta-variant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mask mandates<\/a> and lockdowns from alleged \u201cpetty tyrants,\u201d specifically House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, President Joe Biden, and local \u201cbureaucrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResist,\u201d Paul begins his op-ed, \u201cThey can\u2019t arrest us all. They can\u2019t keep all your kids home from school. They can\u2019t keep every government building closed \u2014 although I\u2019ve got a long list of ones they should.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"4.7111111111111\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I choose freedom. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MllcGLTP6d\">https:\/\/t.co\/MllcGLTP6d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandPaul\/status\/1422920948026646532?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/14\/rand-paul-legislation-repeal-federal-mask-mandate-public-transportation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kentucky senator<\/a>, who has been adamant against lockdowns and mask mandates, argued that the public doesn\u2019t have to accept the mandates or \u201charmful policies\u201d that are being reinstituted to stop the spread of the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/01\/anthony-fauci-delta-infections-lockdowns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Delta variant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Paul sharply criticized Speaker Pelosi for a U.S. Capitol Police order that would allow <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/29\/congressional-aides-visitors-maskless-arrest-capitol-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Congressional aides and visitors to be arrested<\/a> in the building for not wearing a mask. He also told Biden that the public would \u201cnot accept\u201d any move towards a lockdown, and threatened to defund agencies if Americans were shut down. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/02\/muriel-bowser-denies-breaking-mask-the-line-dc-washington-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: DC Mayor Denies Breaking Her Own Mask Mandate Despite Photo Evidence)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The senator also criticized the local \u201cbureaucrats\u201d for trying to close schools, arguing that children were being \u201charmed physically and psychologically\u201d by being out of the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo I sound fed up to you? That\u2019s because I am,\u201d Paul wrote, also alleging that White House chief medical advisor Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/30\/redacted-email-peter-dasszak-anthony-fauci\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthony Fauci<\/a> was \u201cNOT following science, and I\u2019ve been proven right time and time again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul ends his op-ed by claiming that the \u201ctide has turned,\u201d with more people willing to stand up against the mandates now that the country was at \u201ca crossroads.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill we allow these people to use fear and propaganda to do further harm to our society, economy, and children?\u201d Paul hypothetically asked the reader in closing. \u201cOr will we stand together and say, absolutely not. Not this time. I choose freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Kentucky Sen. 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