{"id":752472,"date":"2021-09-14T18:05:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T22:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=752472"},"modified":"2021-09-14T18:05:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T22:05:30","slug":"dem-va-gov-candidate-spotted-maskless-on-train-in-violation-of-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-va-gov-candidate-spotted-maskless-on-train-in-violation-of-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem VA Gov Candidate Spotted Maskless On Train In Violation Of Guidelines"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fdem-va-gov-candidate-spotted-maskless-on-train-in-violation-of-guidelines%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=752472&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-1339328417-e1631656747215-scaled.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe was reportedly spotted without a face covering while aboard an Amtrak train in July, newly-obtained photos by Fox News show.<\/p>\n<p>McAuliffe was at New York City\u2019s Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station on July 29 when a fellow passenger took snapshots of the former Virginia governor. Photos show McAuliffe on a cellphone walking down the aisle of the passenger train with his face exposed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mcauliffe-maskless-on-amtrak-skirting-federal-mask-mandates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to Fox News.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photos also show a sign situated above McAuliffe which stated that mask-wearing is mandatory while aboard the Amtrak train.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.7094972067039\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">McAuliffe seen on Amtrak without mask, skirting federal mask mandates; passenger calls it a \u2018double standard\u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OnUKmhorwe\">https:\/\/t.co\/OnUKmhorwe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1437868251971821568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAmtrak requires everyone to wear a face mask. Face masks must fully cover the mouth and nose and secure under the chin. Face masks must always be worn unless actively eating or drinking,\u201d the sign reads.<\/p>\n<p>The passenger, who spoke anonymously to Fox News, called McAuliffe\u2019s failure to adhere to Amtrak\u2019s guidelines an \u201cabsolute double standard.\u201d Fox News also reported that Amtrak\u2019s website further solidifies its position regarding mask-wearing. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/09\/rep-rashida-tlaib-parties-maskless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Rep. Rashida Tlaib Caught Partying Maskless With Large Crowd In CDC \u2018Orange\u2019 Zone)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFederal law requires all customers and employees to wear a mask at all times while onboard trains and in stations, regardless of vaccination status or state or local laws. Refusing to wear a mask is a violation of federal law; passengers may be subject to penalties under federal law, denied boarding, removed from the train and banned from future travel in the event of noncompliance,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amtrak.com\/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">railroad service\u2019s website<\/a> reads.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News reported that the anonymous passenger spotted the gubernatorial candidate walking across the train station and momentarily recognized who he was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy brain didn\u2019t really move right away, but all of a sudden, I thought, that guy looks familiar,\u201d the passenger told Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>The passenger told Fox News that they are unaware if McAuliffe followed procedure throughout the duration of the train ride.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe happened to be in the same train car, and I took the second photo,\u201d the passenger told Fox News. \u201cWe took our seats, and I didn\u2019t get up for the rest of the trip, so I can\u2019t speak to what he did or did not do during the trip as far as wearing a mask,\u201d further stating that when the train arrived to its destination in Washington, D.C., McAuliffe was still without mask.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have an individual who wants to be a leader of a state here in the United States, and it is an absolute double standard. You have to lead by example,\u201d the passenger said, according to Fox News. The passenger also said that Americans \u201care tired of being told to do something by our leaders, and they don\u2019t follow it themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McAuliffe\u2019s campaign did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe was reportedly spotted without a face covering while aboard an Amtrak train in July, newly-obtained photos by Fox News show.McAuliffe was at New York &#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-752472","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\/752472","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=752472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752472\/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=752472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}