Republicans go for kill shot on COVID transportation mask mandates: 'About time'
Fox News
Senate Republicans called on President Biden to get rid of the federal mask mandate on public transportation.
Passengers wait in line inside the terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, Nov. 24, 2021. (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz) Air travelers make their way past a sign mandating face masks at Phoenix International Airport in Arizona, Sept. 24, 2021. (Reuters/Mike Blake)
"Just two weeks ago, we saw 535 members of Congress sitting on the floor of the House. I don't think there were five masks among them," Cruz continued. "Joe Biden didn't have a mask. Kamala Harris didn't have a mask. Nancy Pelosi didn't have a mask."
State and local governments lifted nearly all kinds of mask mandates in the past month as the winter omicron wave of the virus receded. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also loosened its mask recommendations – a move some Republicans alleged had more to do with the upcoming midterms than any change in the science.