Iowa Governor Slams Biden Over School Mask Mandates: ‘It’s Unconscionable’

Townhall.com ^ | 21 August A.D. 2021 | Madeline Leesman |

[lightman]

On Friday, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) slammed President Biden’s address targeting states that banned mask mandates, describing his efforts as “unconscionable.”

In an interview with “Fox & Friends,” Reynolds fired back at President Biden’s statements during his recent address where he attacked U.S. governors, like Reynolds, who’ve pushed back on mask mandates in schools ahead of the upcoming school year.

“Everything that this guy has going on, disaster at the border, disaster in Afghanistan, I think he should focus on doing his job and getting Americans out of Afghanistan and I’ll do mine,” Reynolds said in the segment.

As we’ve reported, states like Iowa, Texas, Florida, have banned mask mandates in schools and the development of vaccine passports. Biden’s address claimed that he will go after states that have done away with mask mandates, such as Iowa, who passed House File 847 and signed it into law this year, effectively banning mask mandates.

“I led the country in getting our kids back in school last year, and we were able to do it safely and responsibly, and our kids are better off for it,” Reynolds added. “All the while, he paid lip service to parents and families while cow tailing and placating to the teacher’s union and it’s unconscionable, unconscionable what he’s doing to these kids.”

Reynolds noted that she attended the Iowa State Fair this week, where parents and educators approached her continuously asking her to stand her ground when it comes to mask mandates in school imposed by the White House.

“I can’t even begin to tell you the number of parents and moms and teachers that have come up to me and said, ‘please, stay strong. Keep our kids in the classroom. Let us decide what’s best for my children. We know, we know their health. Please don’t reverse the ban on mask mandates,” Reynolds said in the interview.

Reynolds explained that the law was passed through the Iowa state legislature, making its way through the Iowa House and the Iowa Senate before the governor signed it. “This is something that Iowans support. We can do it safely and responsibly. I’ve been doing it for over a year.” Recommended BREAKING: State Department Hit by Cyber Attack, Notified of 'Serious Breach' Landon Mion

And, as many Americans were likely thinking during Biden’s address, Reynolds thinks that the president’s focus for the time being should be issues of national security, such as our ongoing border crisis and the current withdrawal in Afghanistan.

“He needs to do his job as Commander-in-Chief and focus on the national security that’s being threatened at the southern border and the crisis that’s happening in Afghanistan and get Americans home,” Reynolds stated.

[lightman]

From the embedded Tweet:

Kim Reynolds @KimReynoldsIA Keep our kids in school”

“Please don’t reverse the mask mandate”

That’s what I’ve heard all week from parents and teachers.

I’m going to hold strong. It’s unconscionable what Biden is doing to these kids, and I’m not going to let him intimidate Iowans.

[lightman]

Buy-Dung masking his failure in Afghanistan.

[mewzilla]

They aren’t masks.

They’re muzzles.

[lightman]

It’s all about teachingCOMPLIANCE….
...not “following the science”:

Masks are:

1) a sign of submission, subversion and subjugation
2) mandated in order to dehumanize
3) virtue signaling devices
4) meant to provide constant reinforcement of fear
5) used to destroy community, friends and family normal communication
6) implemented to create isolation, confusion, anxiety, destroy human connectivity, trust and interactions
7) mandated to exacerbate illness
8) intended to aid in the abandonment of the belief and reliance on our immune systems
9) intended to refute integrous science
10) signal to positions of power that you are willing to give up all of your rights and freedoms based on anything they say, even if it is a BIG FAT LIE!

[Pollard]

Ignore biden then

[lightman]

I will not take any of ‘Dung’s health “orders” seriously unless and until he takes our borders seriously.

[griswold3]

According to stats in other countries, we’ll peak sharply then another sharp decline. It is the natural cycle for the virus. Do you think Biden & Co knows the stats and will use the decline as proof their ideas work? We should just wait them out. Monoclonal antibody treatment in the meantime. Also trying losing a bit of that bellly. Obesity is the number one risk factor for a bad virus.

[BenLurkin]

[ncalburt]

Gov Reynolds love Muslim Afghan savages .

May be she can enjoy the Afghan Rape gangs first hand that made Sweden so happy they took in the 3 Rd century savages .

[monkeyshine]

I was in Korea Town the other day. Spent a few hours and had lunch and took some meetings. The vast majority of people I saw walking around outdoors were wearing masks. It may be a cultural thing. I don’t mind if someone wants to wear a mask that is their choice. Forcing people to breath CO2 for 8-12 hours a day, dirty masks wet on the inside are bacteria breeding grounds. People don’t change their masks often they just put it on either because they have to by mandate, or to virtue signal.

It may help a little bit to reduce spread but I don’t personally believe, like former CDC director Redfield said before Congress, that it is the most effective means to prevent covid contagion. He has since walked that back as a private citizen in interviews. AFAIK there is little to no evidence it helps in this case and intuition tells me reusing the same mask constantly may cause other harm. There is a reason why when you go to the doctor they give you a fresh mask and some hand santizer.

The people pushing masks should also push “put on a new one frequently” but they know that won’t sell.

[lightman]

“Forcing people to breath CO2 for 8-12 hours a day, dirty masks wet on the inside are bacteria breeding grounds. People don’t change their masks often they just put it on either because they have to by mandate, or to virtue signal.”

I’ve posted this on a few other threads: Dismiss it as “merely anecdotal” at your peril:

Over the past four months I have known five acquaintances—all masking zealots—who have contracted serious pneumonia, sometimes double pneumonia. All are recovering.

I have ZERO mask-averse/avoiding acquaintances who have contraced pneumonia.

[VanShuyten]

“ Gov Reynolds love Muslim Afghan savages .”

She’s talking about the Afghans that helped US troops, not some random jihadi. This is what she actually said:

“They’re wonderful, they’ve supported our men and women in uniform, they love America, they are hard workers,” she said. “We would love to welcome them to the state.”

“ “(The refugees) go through a process. They are vetted and then they come into the states,” she said. “It’s completely different than what’s happening at the southern border — completely different.”

“Many of the families presenting themselves at the southern border do so seeking asylum, which has its own process but is legally different than applying for refugee status.

Reynolds’ office said earlier this week that the state has resettled 94 Iraqi and Afghan special immigrant visa recipients since 2017. Reynolds did not give a number for how many the state expects to take in, or say where potential refugees would be resettled, but she said the state is continuing to have discussions.”

[Trumpisourlastchance]

Putting unvaccinated kids without masks in close spaces is pure idiocy. That explains why kids are now being infected in the thousands, more than during the peak last time, when they were mostly masked.

[Jeff Chandler]

while cow tailing

LOL!

[Jeff Chandler]

In AZ, the folks I see most in masks are the elderly, Asians, and blacks, although blacks seem to be abandoning the face diaper.

[Jeff Chandler]

Putting unvaccinated kids without masks in close spaces is pure idiocy.

I disagree.

[lightman]

Brown nosing cowtailers end up FOS!

[livius]

Very good indeed! I live in Florida and of course our Governor is under attack too. Nice to know we’re not alone!

This is insane. Much of this nonsense is motivated by the teachers Union, which appears to be made up of “teachers” who hate kids and would be perfectly happy never to set foot in a classroom again…but of course still want the paychecks to come rolling in.

[lightman]

This is insane. Much of this nonsense is motivated by the teachers Union, which appears to be made up of “teachers” who hate kids

The NEA loves abortion on demand.

'nuf said.

[RushCrush]

It’s kowtowing not cow tailing - ha!
She is an amazing governor!