House member fined for ignoring mask policy on the floor: Pelosi 'wants to fine the science'
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Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, who was one of the four GOP members of Congress fined $500 for failing to wear a mask on the House floor in protest of the congressional mandate, argued on Thursday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., “wants to fine the science, not follow the science.”
She pointed out that last month she spoke on the House floor, advocating to lift the mask mandate "so that we could be the leaders we are elected to be, and we could be a show of normalcy and what would happen if you got vaccinated as a motivation for people to get vaccinated." "I had already done several speeches on the floor about this issue," she continued. "And then when the CDC released the mask mandate for indoors, that's when I did another speech on the floor and said I'm not going to remove my mask," she stressed. GOP Representatives Brian Mast of Florida, Beth Van Duyne of Texas and Ralph Norman of South Carolina were also issued a $500 fine apiece. Future violations could reach $2,500.More Related News