Valentine’s Day just passed and love is in the air, but one rational Democrat is warning his party not to fall in love with COVID-19 mandates. Representative Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) said in an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that Democrats should not “fall in love” with mandates.
“We as Democrats should not be, out of some sense of correctness, falling in love with mandates when they aren’t necessary,” said Maloney who is head of the House Democratic campaign organization.
“We should get rid of them as quickly as we responsibly can,” he said. Maloney agrees with New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s decision to lift the statewide mask mandate. He even called the decision “science-based.”
He added that due to vaccines, booster shots, treatments and other available testing, our country has reached the point where “mandates – and that’s the point, not mask-wearing – mandates are no longer necessary.”
The New York Post reports “Maloney’s warning to Dems about being wedded to mask and vaccine requirements comes as his party faces an uphill battle to retain its narrow House majority in the November midterm elections.”
A RealClearPolitics polling average shows Republicans have a 3.4-percentage point lead on the generic congressional ballot. “Another obstacle to Democrats retaining power is the mood of voters. On Tuesday, parents in San Francisco recalled the school board president and two other members — an indication of the level of frustration with longstanding restrictions on businesses, dining, social gatherings and in-person schooling.”
The reason, in my opinion, that Democrats are falling behind is because your leader isn’t listening to the Congressional Budget Committee and even less to his constituents. People who do their own research realize that the BBB bill is not a good idea at this time. Also, 79% of the population believe that voter ID is necessary and reasonable. On Russia: I believe that by restricting oil production and making us dependent on other countries for our needed energy, he has emboldened Putin. We must be energy independent! We can still work on clean energy in a sensible manner while taking care of our needs currently.
I agree. I am a union Pipefitter we work on and build coal and natural gas fired powerhouses. Our plants burn cleaner than anyone else’s in the world. Because of Joe Brandon I have no work.