{"id":627714,"date":"2021-08-09T23:50:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T03:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=627714"},"modified":"2021-08-09T23:50:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T03:50:30","slug":"theyre-laughing-at-you-and-mocking-you-candace-owens-blasts-liberal-elites-over-covid-restrictions-mask-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theyre-laughing-at-you-and-mocking-you-candace-owens-blasts-liberal-elites-over-covid-restrictions-mask-mandates\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They\u2019re Laughing At You And Mocking You\u2019: Candace Owens Blasts \u2018Liberal Elites\u2019 Over COVID Restrictions, Mask Mandates"},"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\">34<\/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%2Ftheyre-laughing-at-you-and-mocking-you-candace-owens-blasts-liberal-elites-over-covid-restrictions-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=627714&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--><p>Conservative commentator Candace Owens said that \u201ccivil disobedience\u201d may be required to fight further COVID-19 restrictions and mask mandates while slamming \u201cliberal elites\u201d for flaunting CDC guidelines on Monday\u2019s broadcast of \u201cTucker Carlson Tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She was responding to media reports that allegedly downplayed concerns that former President Barack Obama\u2019s 60th birthday party would be a super-spreader event. \u201cI\u2019ve said across social media especially after this birthday party, it\u2019s adding insult to injury. It\u2019s time for civil disobedience,\u201d Owens told Fox News host and Daily Caller co-founder, Tucker Carlson. <strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/02\/barack-obama-birthday-celebration-marthas-vineyard-delta-variant-coronavirus\/\">(RELATED: Obama Planning Massive Birthday Celebration Amid Delta Variant Concerns)<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2018I want to be clear here \u2026 When I say civil disobedience, I mean live your life,\u201d Owens continued. \u201cStop listening to these people who don\u2019t care about you, who tell you that you need to wear a mask on the plane while they fly around private and don\u2019t know what it\u2019s like to have to go through an airport,\u201d she said, alleging that elites enjoy seeing the masses encumbered by lockdowns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re laughing at you and mocking you behind closed doors; they enjoy watching you suffer while they continue to live their lives,\u201d Owens alleged.<\/p>\n<p>The talk show host claimed that Obama\u2019s birthday party was condoned by most of the media because the guests were all rich and famous people. \u201cSo if you have a little bit of dose of sophistication, you can do whatever you want in this country.&nbsp; You don\u2019t have to mask. You can see your relatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She argued although the double standard might be \u201claughable,\u201d it\u2019s also \u201cfrustrating and people are right to be angry.\u201d She noted that many Americans are allegedly tired of being told they are \u201cselfish\u201d if they want to attend a funeral or a wedding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe heard this over and over again being reinforced by the academia, by the media, by elitist snobs that look over their balcony and say whatever they want because they don\u2019t live like us,\u201d Owens claimed. <strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/03\/peter-doocy-presses-jen-psaki-barack-obama-mega-bash-coronavirus-delta-variant\/\">(RELATED: \u2018The Wrong Example\u2019: Doocy Presses Psaki On Obama Birthday Mega-Bash)<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7255925\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7255925\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7255925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1283593139-scaled-e1628516163843.jpg\" alt=\"MIAMI, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 02: Former President Barack Obama speaks in support of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden during a drive-in rally at the Florida International University on November 02, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1283593139-scaled-e1628516163843.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1283593139-scaled-e1628516163843-282x120.jpg 282w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1283593139-scaled-e1628516163843-620x265-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1283593139-scaled-e1628516163843-768x328-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1283593139-scaled-e1628516163843-1536x656-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1283593139-scaled-e1628516163843-2048x875-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7255925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former President Barack Obama speaks in support of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden during a drive-in rally at the Florida International University on Nov. 02, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fox News White House Correspondent Peter Doocy previously <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/03\/peter-doocy-presses-jen-psaki-barack-obama-mega-bash-coronavirus-delta-variant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">asked<\/a> White House press secretary Jen Psaki if Obama was setting \u201cthe wrong example\u201d by having a large event at his home in Martha\u2019s Vineyard. Psaki claimed, at the time, that guests were required to meet testing requirements and that Obama \u201chas been a huge advocate of individuals getting vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/08\/deleted-photos-obama-birthday-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deleted photos and video<\/a> surfaced over the weekend capturing the 44th president\u2019s party in Martha\u2019s Vineyard. Obama was seen dancing and posing for pictures without a mask, along with his wife Michelle and other celebrities, including singer Erykah Badu, as previously reported.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/09\/rep-rashida-tlaib-parties-maskless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">caught partying<\/a> without a mask Sunday at a wedding reception in the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in Dearborn, Michigan. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rated the area in which the wedding took place, Wayne County, as an \u2018orange\u2019 zone, and thus indicating a high COVID-19 transmission rate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/rashida-tlaib-spotted-dancing-maskless-at-large-indoor-gathering-in-cdc-orange-zone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to Fox News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservative commentator Candace Owens said that \u201ccivil disobedience\u201d may be required to fight further COVID-19 restrictions and mask mandates while slamming \u201cliberal elites\u201d for flaunting CDC guidelines on Monday\u2019s broadcast &#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-627714","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\/627714","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=627714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627714\/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=627714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}