Posted on 08/24/2020 6:07:59 AM PDT by karpov
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said during his acceptance speech what he has said before: "We’ll have a national mandate to wear a mask."
He says that not because it makes any real sense as a policy but because he knows the national media love hearing it.
What is a "mask mandate"? He didn't say in his speech what that would entail. His website doesn't explain it on the page explaining his "plan to combat coronavirus." He said recently that it would be required for at least three months, but that's it.
The truth is it's not a real thing. The president has no authority to require people to strap something to their face permanently. Biden has essentially admitted it, saying a week ago, "Every governor should mandate mandatory mask wearing." (Yes, he actually said "mandate mandatory" back to back.)
And what's with Biden insisting people wear a mask outdoors? "You need to wear your mask outside. I don't care if you're just walking your dog," he said in a video for the Washington Post in May. The safest place to be right now to avoid infection from the coronavirus is outdoors. Every scientist says that. Transmission outdoors, especially in sunlight, is effectively eliminated regardless of whether a person is wearing a mask.
Let's not even get started on enforcement of a hypothetical mask mandate. Is Biden going to be the one to break up a bunch of Black Lives Matter protesters (or rioters) for not donning the Left's new favorite fashion statement?
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Who's this "WE" shit?
Enforce it MFER!
Law-abiding citizens have to wear masks.
Criminals looting buildings do not have to wear masks.
Does the country not see the madness of this?
Criminals do wear them, just for making themselves unrecognizable. Biden’s entire idea of a National Mandate is too little too late.
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.
Ayn Rand
Why didn’t you have a physical convention Joe?
Is it because masks wouldn’t have been effective enough?
There will be a stunning contrast that the American people will definitely notice and cannot be hidden by the MSM. Trump will be out there speaking, campaigning and will duel with the press. Biden will essentially stay in the basement, give only painfully scripted speeches with a teleprompter and never have an unscripted interview or press conference. Talk radio, the internet and some media will pound Biden mercilssly.
It wouldn’t have to actually work.
It’s all about making the Karens FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL better.
How would you coerce a “poor” parent with a “hungry” kid if the parent refuses to wear a mask?
Has anyone noticed that Democrats only demand, mandate, levy, order, etc? I don’t know about you all, but I’ve pretty much had it with that. Want to wear a mask? Fine. Want me to wear one? Sorry about that.
So Biden is saying he’ll have a national mask mandate next JANUARY? Because he wouldn’t be in office till then, God forbid. If so then I’m right about my prediction that the Covid overreaction will be with us a lot longer than most of us want to believe.
Joe’s trying to get Trump to blink and impose one as it would totally demoralize his base. Not gonna happen.
Actually a mask mandate is needed. Politicians and insipid celebrities would have to cover their stupid faces.
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