Vulnerable Democrats eye GOP transit mask repeal

[brooklynite]

Axios

The chair of the House Democrats' campaign arm and some of the vulnerable members he's charged with re-electing are voicing support for a Republican-led mask mandate repeal bill.

Why it matters: This would set up a potential showdown with the White House, which recently issued a one-month extension on the federal mask mandate for public transit and airplanes.

The backing also illustrates how Democrats — especially those facing tough re-election fights — are trying to distance themselves from the pro-mask policies that defined their party for the past two years.

"I'm completely over mask mandates," Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.), who chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, told Axios. "I don't think they make any sense anymore. I'm for whatever gets rid of mask mandates as quickly as possible."

[thucythucy]

1. Of course, if we see a new surge

with many more dying, lifting the mandates will be condemned and Democrats will be blamed for the increased toll.

Amazing how Trump and the GOP seem to have escaped all blame for the mess we're in now.

[Rebl2]

2. Aren't

they seeing an increase in new omicron variant in NY? Seems I just read that today.