Several Democrat governors and mayors on Monday suddenly started ditching restrictive coronavirus mitigation measures they’d fought to keep in place for nearly two years — and the remarkable reversal is linked less to any changing “science” than to a public backlash over numerous left-leaning officials caught recently flouting mask rules, experts say.
Almost as soon as measures to “slow the spread” of COVID-19 were introduced throughout the nation in March 2020, prominent Democrats were caught several times violating the rules they favored and, in many cases, enacted — especially when it comes to wearing masks. But the double standard on masking rose from occasional annoyance to political liability as the country begins shifting toward a philosophy of learning to “live with the virus.”
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Marisa Herman ✉
Marisa Herman, a Newsmax senior reporter, focuses on major and investigative stories. A University of Florida graduate, she has more than a decade of experience as a reporter for newspapers, magazines, and websites.