Posted on 10/13/2021 5:15:07 AM PDT by george76
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) was seen without a mask at an indoor ball, just weeks after he implemented a mask mandate for school children.
The Equality Ball, an annual fundraiser for Garden State Equality, a nonprofit LGBTQ+ advocacy group, took place Thursday, when Murphy, leaders of New Jersey Education Association and other officials were caught without masks.
State Senator Holly Schepisi said that the maskless event is the type of hypocrisy "that is driving people in New Jersey insane."
"At the very same time that this Governor issued another EO mandating two year olds wear masks for upwards of 7 hours a day because of purported ‘safety,’ the New Jersey political democratic elite gathered maskless by the thousands at multiple indoor events throughout the State, including in "high-risk" Asbury Park, Bergen and Hudson Counties," Schepisi said in a statement to Fox News.
"The people of New Jersey are being told by this administration that they must comply, don't ask questions or get labeled a knucklehead or worse while those demanding compliance flout the very policies they push," she continued. "It is wrong."
New Jersey requires masks in schools, public transportation, healthcare settings, child care centers, correctional facilities and homeless shelters, but does not otherwise mandate the face coverings. However, the governor's office does strongly recommend masks "for both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals in indoor settings where there is increased risk."
Murphy has also previously said that he recommends people wear masks if they do not know whether the people around them are vaccinated.
"I'm not talking about having dinner with your husband or wife at your table," Murphy said in September. "I'm talking about being packed in on each other, and you're not confident that you know the vaccination status of the people that you're around."
This comes on the heels of Murphy's mask mandate for school children as young as 2-years-old, a decision that he said is "not something that we’re doing happily."
New Jersey has ranked in the top five for states with the most per capita deaths from the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic.
Other Democratic governors who have been caught ignoring their own COVID-19 rules include California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who resigned in August over sexual harassment allegations.
The “Equality” ball?! Ewwwww. What a freak show that must’ve been.
New Jersey Governor Phail Murphy just invalidated his own mandates.
The ruling class rules. You follow their rules. That is the way.
And yet, that rat-faced little turd will win re-election in November with 70%+ of the vote.
Not diminishing the obvious, but there is no picture of Murphy among a maskless throng of sycophants, merely a single one of him alone on stage.
I was hoping to add to my collection of visual hypocrisy for a project I plan on publishing at FR; just a bit disappointed in the Townhall author for not having something more damning.
Can any FReepers identify the man at the far right in the group image? He looks very, very familiar...
When can we expect his resignation? Oh wait, he’s a Rat so he’ll slide on by.
The phony b*****d will likely be reelected.
I work for a State agency and they just implemented vax or weekly testing.
Of course, source testing vendor at $129 per week -too urgent, no time to shop that price around…read: massive political donations inbound.
That describes his face to a T.
Could it possibly be former very gay governor McGreevey? The one who used to troll at freeway rest areas?
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