Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Wednesday refused to wear a mask during a press conference on Capitol Hill after a reporter repeatedly asked him to put one on as a courtesy to others in the room.
“Would you mind putting a mask on for us?” a reporter asked Cruz as he stepped up to a bank of microphones.
“Uh, yeah, when I’m talking in front of the TV cameras I’m not going to wear a mask,” Cruz responded. “And all of us have been immunized, so…”
Cruz turned and gestured to several of his GOP Senate colleagues, including Sen. John Barrasso (Wyo.), who was standing behind him and wearing a mask.
“It would make us feel better,” the reporter pressed Cruz.
Cruz told the reporter: “You’re welcome to step away if you like. The whole point of a vaccine … CDC guidance is what we’re following.”
REPORTER: “Would you mind putting on a mask for us?”
CRUZ: “Yeah, when I’m talking to the TV camera, I’m not going to wear a mask. All of us have been immunized.”
REPORTER: “It’d make us feel better.”
CRUZ: “You’re welcome to step away if you’d like.” pic.twitter.com/0d0rvz0OAJ
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 25, 2021
Got to break free sometime. Go Cruz!
Good for him and more of them should be doing the same. Enough of this insane crap.
Thank you Cruz