Texas state Democrats who left for Washington, D.C. in protest of GOP voting legislation were photographed on a private plane without masks in violation of the federal mask mandate for transportation.
The photos went viral on social media on Monday evening.
“I’m glad to see these Texas Democrat lawmakers are supportive of my legislation to make masks optional on airplanes,” wrote Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn on Twitter.
Just the News on Tuesday asked state Democratic Rep. Barbara Gervin-Hawkins for her reaction to the backlash the lawmakers have received for not wearing masks.
“We’re comfortable because we’ve all been vaccinated. And so think about what CDC is saying, that if you have been vaccinated, OK, that a mask is not required. The state of Texas has opened it up. We left from the state of Texas,” she said after a news conference on Capitol Hill where the lawmakers called on Congress to pass the Democrats’ federal election reform bill.
“So we’re going to follow the rules. Let’s follow the rules all the way. So I will suggest that anybody who has not been vaccinated needs to wear their mask, but I feel comfortable because I’ve had both my shots.”
do as I say…not as I do
(snicker snicker)
thats not how it works you shitboxes
They cherry picked the issue from a list of much more important ones.