Democratic senators want mask-wearing
mandate included in negotiated
COVID-19 relief package
Just the News,
by
Nicholas Ballasy
Original Article
Posted By: Garnet,
12/5/2020 11:57:33 AM
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) want to see a "mask-wearing mandate" as part of the next coronavirus relief package that Congress passes.
"Our goal is going to be, you know, to work towards including it inside of the coronavirus relief package," Markey said during a news conference on Friday about the Encouraging Masks for All Act. "We think this is kind of common sense."Congressional leaders and the White House are currently negotiating another coronavirus relief bill.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
aasilver 12/5/2020 12:04:48 PM (No. 624032)
So...like California are 'slaves' must obey their masters!!!!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Italiano 12/5/2020 12:06:16 PM (No. 624033)
I will not comply.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
SALady 12/5/2020 12:09:47 PM (No. 624036)
I sleep so well at night knowing that the Demon-Rats in the House are my masters and overlords, who know so much better about what is best for me, a mere peasant, that I ever could!!! /sarcasm off
I believe the last time a bunch of government bureaucrats tried to tell us what to do was in 1776, and that really didn't end well for them. Maybe it is time for another revolution. It definitely feels like we are inching closer to Civil War 2 by the day!!!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
tsquare 12/5/2020 12:16:15 PM (No. 624040)
Ohio has had a mask mandate for over 100 days. Ohio’s daily infection rate in that time has risen from 1,000 per day to 10,000. Maskare not working.
Apparently, masks capture and accumulate viral particles, and unsanitary practices transfer these to hands and face, infecting the user instead of protecting the user. Best explanation to fit the data.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
montwoodcliff 12/5/2020 12:17:55 PM (No. 624041)
These people have the uncontrollable urge to control others. They get elected because there are many people who want to be led. There were people in Russia who longed for the return of Stalin, for goodness sake. So it’s the same here—they want Democrats to lead them. What I want to know is, who is going to enforce this? I guess it will be the obedient ones who will shame the non- compliers into wearing a mask. Keep hoping that the election is overturned, civil war be damned!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
NHChemist 12/5/2020 12:20:56 PM (No. 624044)
I like the "rules of the road" analogy, because there is no Federal law about wearing seat belts. Here in NH if you are over 18 there is no requirement that you belt up, or that you wear a helmet on your motorcycle. Good idea, yes, but not a law. We must surrender our freedom so that we will be protected from ourselves.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Illinois Mom 12/5/2020 12:27:05 PM (No. 624051)
I love how these amoral in every way slime balls lecture us and give us "conditions" for returning a tiny portion of our taxes back to them. People are getting desperate. Government mandates, both federal and state, are dictating what they will and will not ALLOW us to do right down to threatening the average American family with prosecution if they violate some bloated Democrat's whim.
Keeping people from working, ordering businesses to close kills people. Business owners, the self-employed and essential workers whose income has been reduced because the essential employer's 2020 revenue is way down, cannot collect unemployment. The fear of financial ruin and depression among my friends and family is awful. Listening to their predictions of a "dark winter" and "mask mandates" until next May are driving good honest hardworking people to depression and suicide. Democrats for whom lying, cheating and stealing, is all in a days work cannot fathom that a person who has always been honest and responsible gets sick to their stomach at the thought of being unable to meet their obligations. Throw on top of that all of the other effects of this Covid horror on our children and elderly family members. They might not even feel as bad IF they could have any confidence that they are being told the TRUTH about the virus.
All of these who lecture us all so smugly have NEVER missed a paycheck though this whole ordeal. The parties, vacations and designer ice creams just keep on coming for them. I always said that I would never wish a job loss on my worst enemy but no more.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
tsquare 12/5/2020 12:29:30 PM (No. 624052)
But perhaps its a good you first idea. Any congress critter, or gov employee, caught in violation by camera loses job, benefits and retirement, no appeal, no second chance.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
ladydawgfan 12/5/2020 12:30:11 PM (No. 624054)
I saw my GP yesterday and he said basically the same thing as #4. If masks actually worked, Kung Flu would have been eradicated long before now.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
jacksin5 12/5/2020 12:31:55 PM (No. 624056)
If you read further down the article, there were billions to be allocated to the states as grants to create useless bureaus and state employees to promote mask wearing.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Pearson365 12/5/2020 12:44:26 PM (No. 624068)
If this mandate becomes law, it will permit the FBI and DoJ to come out of hiding in order to avoid investigating the theft of an election so that unsuspecting citizens can be dragged out of their homes, cars and workplaces. Recall the Roger Stone early morning arrest by the FBI to understand what awaits us. AG Barr and Director Wray will be on TV every night with the counts of arrests by state, gender and race, complete with videos of those arrested pleading to be left alone.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
bighambone 12/5/2020 12:51:05 PM (No. 624074)
How can leftist and liberal Democrats like Blumenthal and Markey now say the the Chinese COVID-19 virus pandemic is going to be around essentially indefinitely, as before the election those Democrats were telling the American people that Biden has a “Plan” to eliminate the COVID pandemic?
The true fact is that no politician in the world can stop the COVID pandemic and the Democrat politicization of the pandemic has confused and done the American people a disservice. Only advanced medical science, that operates outside government, has a chance to bring down the pandemic through the development of effective therapeutics and vaccines. If that does not happen the only hope is that the virus will naturally burn itself out. In the meantime it looks like the Democrats are getting ready to politicize the vaccine distribution plan by bringing their identity politics, especially ethnicities and race into play, once a vaccine is approved in the USA.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
wilarrbie 12/5/2020 12:57:38 PM (No. 624086)
We're from the Government and we want to help. This won't hurt at all. There's no one behind the curtain. I did not have sex with that woman. Masks work. Only for a hundred days or so. Just the tip - I promise. Biden won.
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You cannot stop the spread of a virus, short of taking extreme measures and wrapping everything and everyone in a bubble, and that still is no guarantee. All of these efforts are to break us, not protect us,
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
udanja99 12/5/2020 1:14:34 PM (No. 624099)
Completely unconstitutional. Good luck with that demonrats.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
stablemoney 12/5/2020 1:18:02 PM (No. 624104)
Covid has completely eradicated the common cold, flu, and pneumonia, which no longer exist.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Califedup 12/5/2020 1:21:51 PM (No. 624108)
#15 - Agree it is completely unconstitutional but who is going to uphold the Constitution today? Certainly not the Supreme Court. We are completely on our own regarding protection our rights. This government is the enemy. Besides the democrat communists are already demonstrating that if the Supreme Counry rules against their totalitarian rules, they will ignore the ruling and do whatever they want.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Plex 12/5/2020 1:24:13 PM (No. 624110)
But if it is a tax, it is ok. :):)
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
caljeepgirl 12/5/2020 1:28:45 PM (No. 624119)
Blumenthal and Markey....'nuf said....where are those term limits when you need them?
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
YorkieMom 12/5/2020 1:31:37 PM (No. 624122)
There are usually two letters in our local newspaper everyday telling people to wear the masks to avoid killing your loved ones. Funny, but it’s usually men writing these letters.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Toby Ten Bears 12/5/2020 1:41:20 PM (No. 624132)
Nice mandate you have there... Be a shame if someone 2nd amended it!
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
marbles 12/5/2020 1:45:36 PM (No. 624138)
If you want to stop the spread of a virus you would have to kill all life on earth. Is that the end game?
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
DVC 12/5/2020 1:47:05 PM (No. 624140)
They are insane, and it is not going to happen.
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That will be helpful if we have to recruit troops.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 12/5/2020 2:03:32 PM (No. 624152)
Bullcrap. I do not consent and you can kiss my arse. I have already had covid and it was a 3-4 day head cold. I have antibodies in my blood, I can not catch it again, and I am not contagious or a carrier, so for me, I do not need a mask or the vaccine. Can you issue me an ID card stating all of this, please?
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
mc squared 12/5/2020 2:08:33 PM (No. 624155)
My Body - My Choice. What is it on the Gadsden flag again: 'Don't F*** With Me'?
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
red1066 12/5/2020 3:10:20 PM (No. 624181)
If masks worked, there wouldn't be a surge in virus cases.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Rather Read 12/5/2020 3:51:22 PM (No. 624199)
I can't express how much I utterly LOATHE those damned masks!!!!
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
smokincol 12/5/2020 4:25:53 PM (No. 624210)
blumenthal and markey!?!?!? why of course, the two biggest duds in the senate and that says a lot due to the extensive number of duds present at a senate raise in salary hearing. these two can't find their a^^ with both hands and the best part about it is the area of the country they represent - why, of course - New Russia aka New England. communism has no chance of losing any influence in New Russia, thanks to the political delegations from the six New Russia states. my anger level is off the scales - I have to throw something at the computer screen or maybe the television.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Tennman 12/5/2020 4:28:12 PM (No. 624211)
And its worked so well so far (NOT). Brings us back to the classic description of insanity.
But the insanity and demoncratic are redundant terms these days.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Tennman 12/5/2020 4:30:00 PM (No. 624212)
And mask mandates have worked so well thus far. Brings us back to that classic definition of insanity the dems seem to love.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
bogeegolf 12/5/2020 5:08:33 PM (No. 624227)
We need to start a nation wide “ no mask day”. Someone pick a day. Go shopping and buy a lot of stuff. Maybe eat all three meals at your favorite restaurants. These people are hurting. Just the idea of donning a mask has kept me from eating out and shopping. Also , like the climate hoax, this mask thing is quickly turning into big business. It’s all about power and money. I’d like to stuff a dozen masks in Blumenthal’s mouth and watch him gag.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
HotRod 12/5/2020 5:21:24 PM (No. 624232)
No Mask!
No Mas!
Although I do think democrats wearing masks is an improvement on their looks...
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
akudaq 12/5/2020 6:31:26 PM (No. 624249)
Follow the money. Who is making money from the masks? All kinds of businesses have jumped on the bandwagon to sell them; they most likely don't want to lose any profit by folks no longer buying masks. Blumenthal or Markey (or someone they owe a favor to) benefits $$$ from masks. This is in addition to the oppression they impose on the public.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
Yuban 12/5/2020 6:57:12 PM (No. 624264)
Keep your relief and I will keep my freedom.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
hurricanegirl 12/5/2020 8:06:54 PM (No. 624302)
So who wants to obey the "mandate" (or laws) of those who cheated to obtain power? Raise your hand.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 12/5/2020 10:11:31 PM (No. 624336)
I dunno, this sidearm is a lot more comfortable to wear all day.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
24tea@Mag 12/5/2020 11:56:19 PM (No. 624358)
Think your more powerful with a mandate. No - you and your mandate aren’t relevant now and won’t be then. So, pi.s up a rope.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
Jobe 12/6/2020 1:48:46 AM (No. 624383)
Where are the STATISTICAL PROOFS that the mask is effective as a preventer of Covid- 19. It would seem that the powers that be are pressing the mask issue because they need to feel that they are doing something usefull to battle this flu. They began this campaign of mask-wearing because they DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO and have continued it BECAUSE THEY STILL DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. I wouldn't let Doctor Fauci (or however you spell it) part my hair (if I had hair)
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
doctorfixit 12/6/2020 4:16:30 AM (No. 624413)
To hell with the "relief package". Just return my tax money. I'm not wearing a mask.
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And yet it's too hard to have a voter ID card?
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 12/6/2020 7:26:50 AM (No. 624449)
These two have never been in the same room with common sense.
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
Agent Orange 12/6/2020 12:31:31 PM (No. 624640)
Every nonpartisan medical person around the country all say that masks do absolutely nothing in the prevention of, or limit the potential of getting CV-19, it is there to simply control the masses. As a free (?) American and a military veteran with 27 years of service, I will not, repeat, will not wear a mask.
If the fools at CDC would have used common sense (I know that is something missing in most quasi-government operations) in the beginning, the death rate would have been determined by persons that died OF CV-19, not died with CV-19 antibodies in their system. So instead of 260k+ deaths, it's really less than 15,000 that died of CV-19. Not the ones that were tested and they found CV antibodies.
And by the CDCs own admittance, the CV-19 tests have been up to 50% false positive. So all if this posturing is just political BS and holds no value with me.
MSgt USAF (ret)
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
joseph1 12/6/2020 2:06:35 PM (No. 624692)
i said before and i said again declare Marshal law
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