{"id":751318,"date":"2021-09-14T12:06:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T16:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=751318"},"modified":"2021-09-14T12:06:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T16:06:28","slug":"strange-imagery-aoc-met-gala-attendees-blistered-for-promoting-equal-rights-working-class-messages-while-staff-servers-mask-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/strange-imagery-aoc-met-gala-attendees-blistered-for-promoting-equal-rights-working-class-messages-while-staff-servers-mask-up\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Strange Imagery\u2019: AOC, Met Gala Attendees Blistered For Promoting \u2018Equal Rights,\u2019 \u2018Working Class\u2019 Messages While Staff, Servers Mask Up"},"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\">38<\/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%2Fstrange-imagery-aoc-met-gala-attendees-blistered-for-promoting-equal-rights-working-class-messages-while-staff-servers-mask-up%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=751318&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\/09\/GettyImages-1340123789.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), and others who attended Monday night\u2019s Met Gala are being roundly criticized on social media for their messages promoting equal rights and representing the working class while the gala\u2019s staff, servers, and non-celebrity attendees appeared to abide by government COVID-19 recommendations that many invitees of the $35,000-per-seat event seemed to ignore.<\/p>\n<p>The Met Gala required invitees to be vaccinated and \u201cThe&nbsp;Metropolitan Museum of Art&nbsp;requires all visitors age 12 and older to be&nbsp;vaccinated against COVID-19,&nbsp;in accordance [with]&nbsp;New York\u2019s mandate&nbsp;requiring&nbsp;proof of&nbsp;vaccination for indoor activities amid the pandemic.&nbsp;The same applies to this year\u2019s Met Gala,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2021\/09\/13\/nicki-minaj-contracts-covid-refused-get-vaccinated-met-gala\/8326061002\/\">USA Today reported<\/a>. Notably, rap artist Nicki Minaj skipped this year\u2019s event because she refused to abide by the vaccine mandate.<\/p>\n<p>Both the city of New York and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also recommend masking up, even if individuals are vaccinated, in order to prevent the further spread of the COVID-19 virus.<\/p>\n<p>New York City\u2019s COVID-19 information portal states that masks are \u201cstrongly recommen[ded]\u201d \u201cwhen you are with people in an indoor setting that is not your home\u201d and \u201cif unable to maintain at least 6 feet of distance from others\u201d elsewhere:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People that have no symptoms can still spread COVID-19.<\/li>\n<li>A face covering is critical to stopping the spread of COVID-19.<\/li>\n<li>A state order requires everyone over age 2 who can medically tolerate a face covering to wear one when outside their home if unable to maintain at least 6 feet of distance from others.<\/li>\n<li>We strongly recommend wearing a face covering as much as possible when you are with other people in an indoor setting that is not your home, even if 6 feet of distance can be maintained.<\/li>\n<li>Continue to maintain at least 6 feet of distance from others even when wearing a face covering.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The CDC\u2019s portal recommends that \u201c[i]n&nbsp;areas with high numbers of COVID-19 cases, consider wearing a mask in crowded outdoor settings and for activities with close contact&nbsp;with others who are not fully vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New York City is <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view\">clearly marked as an area of high community transmission<\/a> on the CDC\u2019s own map.<\/p>\n<p>While Met Gala invitees may have made personal decisions regarding both NYC\u2019s and the CDC\u2019s recommendations (some <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1437756610378674181\">guests did wear masks<\/a>), photographs showing invitees who spoke of \u201ctaxing the rich\u201d and \u201cequal rights for women\u201d in front of lines of masked staff made for an intriguing tableau, several commenters on social media noted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.2713178294574\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The poors don\u2019t get to show their faces <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZfRlrxyTQs\">pic.twitter.com\/ZfRlrxyTQs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 verum obdurat \ud83c\udf3a\u23f3 (@leucinedreams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leucinedreams\/status\/1437596691277000704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.7407407407407\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How come only the help is wearing masks? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n8ista1DUn\">pic.twitter.com\/n8ista1DUn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 e-beth (@ebeth360) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ebeth360\/status\/1437573759347544065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.092879256966\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Notice that those that can afford the $35,000 tickets to the Met Gala are not wearing masks while all of the peasants in their presence are required to have them.<\/p>\n<p>Rules for thee, not for me\u2026 COVID can&#8217;t get you if you can drop 35k on a ticket. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VWvtE8Zbun\">pic.twitter.com\/VWvtE8Zbun<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NumbersMuncher\/status\/1437594785926238209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.179310344828\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Masks are always crucial for multi-layered risk mitigation \u2013 as many as possible are best. <br \/>It&#8217;s still a strange imagery, though, that the Met Gala is masks for the assistants and no masks for the famous. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2vstsSNk9t\">pic.twitter.com\/2vstsSNk9t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Infectious Diseases (@InfectiousDz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InfectiousDz\/status\/1437576541890883586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Journalist Glenn Greenwald compared the Met Gala to former President Barack Obama\u2019s celebrity-packed birthday bash.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.4774011299435\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lots of people commenting snidely on the lack of masks and social distancing in this opulent indoor event in the middle of a pandemic but \u2014 as was true of Obama&#8217;s indoor bash \u2014 COVID wasn&#8217;t invited to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MetGala?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MetGala<\/a> and these are the sophisticated people who aren&#8217;t in danger. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oWOydEJeqf\">https:\/\/t.co\/oWOydEJeqf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1437582324976300032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Others took guests to task for speaking out about wearing a mask and even making a point of masking in other settings only to ditch the mask at the Met.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"13.904761904762\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A lot wrong here, not least of which is that tickets to the Met Gala cost $30,000. But also, NY still strongly advises masks indoors, even for the fully-vaxxed, and AOC has staunchly supported these restrictions, posing masked even in outdoor photo ops.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vjNF6Vdn16\">pic.twitter.com\/vjNF6Vdn16<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelPSenger\/status\/1437803603515695105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Maloney, wearing the \u201cEqual Rights for Women\u201d dress, said on Twitter that her gown was a political and a fashion statement, and pointed to what she deemed oppressive behavior \u201cacross the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAcross the country, women\u2019s rights are under attack,\u201d Maloney tweeted. \u201cI have long used fashion as a force 4 change. As the Met Costume Institute reopens w\/ their inaugural exhibit celebrating American designers, I am calling 4 the certification of the ERA so women can be equal once and for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez, already under fire for attending the highly exclusive Gala \u2014 \u201cVogue\u201d legend Anna Wintour hand-selects those who receive an invite \u2014 in a dress that had the slogan \u201cTax the Rich\u201d emblazoned across the back, claimed in an interview to be representing the \u201cworking class\u201d at the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really started having a conversation about what it means to be a working-class woman of color at the Met,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez told reporters. \u201cWe can\u2019t just play along, but we need to break the fourth wall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), and others who attended Monday night\u2019s Met Gala are being roundly criticized on social media for their messages promoting equal rights and &#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-751318","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\/751318","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=751318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751318\/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=751318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}