Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), a member of Congress far-left “Squad,” accused Republicans who did not wear a mask while hiding from protesters at the Capitol Building during the breach last week of having engaged in “chemical warfare.”
“It’s criminal behavior,” she told CNN’s Don Lemon. “They have been complicit from the very beginning in their willful criminality to carry the water for Donald Trump and these science denials which allowed this pandemic to rage out of control. And then by refusing to wear the masks, this is criminal behavior. That’s chemical warfare so far as I’m concerned.”
Pressley’s husband, Conan Harris, was with her at the Capitol on January 6 and has since tested positive for COVID-19. Pressley has tested negative and is currently isolating along with her staff.
According to Boston.com, it was unclear how Harris contracted the virus. Three Democrats who were in the room with Pressley tested positive, though Republicans who did not wear masks denied they spread the virus.
One Twitter user agreed with Pressley, calling Republicans’ lack of masks “bio terrorism.
Pressley complained in a tweet that seeing “anti masker” members of Congress in the safe room made her “furious.”
The Republican lawmakers whom Pressley chastised over not wearing masks were Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, Andy Biggs of Arizona, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, Michael Cloud of Texas, and Doug LaMalfa of California.
As The New American has previously reported, there’s ample evidence that masks are ineffective at combating the spread of infectious diseases. Surgeons wear face masks essentially as guards against coughing or sneezing in the middle of a procedure because their hands are busy; the average person going about their day can cover up a cough quite easily without a mask. But masks don’t stop particles as tiny as a virus.
Nevertheless, the establishment is incessantly pushing mask-wearing. Many states and local governments have mandated mask-wearing in public and imposed strict penalties for those who do not comply with this or other forms of COVID-19 tyranny.
The people of Maryland, for example, are now being subjected to “high-visibility compliance units,” combined units of state troopers and local police officers who have been charged with ensuring that businesses, bars, and restaurants are complying with capacity levels, mask-wearing, and social distancing.
The penalty? Up to $5,000 in fines and possibly one year in jail for disobedient businesses.
Miami, Florida, created a dedicated mask-enforcement team and offenders faced up to a $500 fine. However, Governor Ron DeSantis neutered such mask policies with an executive order that prohibits local governments from penalizing those who don’t cover up their faces while also banning local governments from requiring restaurants to operate at less than 50 percent of their indoor capacity.
In situations where they are operating at less than 100-percent indoor capacity, local officials must explain why these limitations are necessary for public health.
But even when local governments do not enforce mask-wearing, many major businesses do. This includes essentials such as supermarkets and banks.
The British-based bank HSBC is taking mask enforcement to a higher level in the U.K., asserting that it reserves the right to cancel the accounts of clients who refuse to wear a mask on bank premises.
The bank’s threat came when a spokesman for The Mirror told the outlet, “If you do visit us, please wear a face covering and maintain a safe distance from others. If individuals put themselves or our colleagues at risk, without a medical exemption, we reserve the right to withdraw their account.”
This is coming from the same bank that has frozen the accounts of those who speak out against the communist Chinese government.
All of the hysteria about masks is over a virus that has a 98-percent survival rate. Mask-wearing and enforcement have become symbols of obedience to Big Brother. Those who walk with their faces uncovered are thought criminals who must be shamed, bullied, and punished by the law unless they conform to the narrative coming out of the evening news.
Considering how effective mask-wearing has been for the purposes of mass brainwashing, it’s likely that their widespread use is here to stay if the establishment has its way.
