House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced a new rule that lawmakers and staff will be required to wear a mask while in the hall of the lower chamber, warning that anyone who refuses to do so could be booted out by the sergeant at arms.
What are the details?
Speaking from the chair on Wednesday, Pelosi declared that starting Thursday, “Members and staff will be required to wear masks at all times in the Hall of the House except that members may remove their masks temporarily when recognized,” C-SPAN reported.
Pelosi said she “expects all members and staff to adhere to this requirement as a sign of respect to the health, safety, and well-being of others present” before adding:
The chair would also like to remind members that the Speaker has the authority to direct the Sergeants At Arms to remove a member from the floor as a matter of decorum. To reiterate, the chair views the failure to wear a mask as a serious breach of decorum.
Politico posted text of the new rule online, which showed the mandate is open-ended, and “will remain in effect until a determination is made that such a requirement is no longer necessary.”
🚨🚨NEW HOUSE MASK RULE …. https://t.co/dMlQabMa4r
— Jake Sherman (@Jake Sherman)1596072546.0
The speaker’s decision came the same day Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) revealed he tested positive for COVID-19. The Republican told KETK-TV following his diagnosis that he has gotten a lot of heat for not wearing a mask in the past, but he has increased his mask-wearing in recent weeks.
He told the outlet, “I can’t help but wonder if my keeping a mask on and keeping it in place, that if I might have put some germs or some of the virus onto the mask and breathed in it … I don’t know.”
Gohmert says he has not experienced any symptoms of the disease.
Gohmert said his view on facial coverings is, “If somebody feels strongly about everybody should wear a mask, then they shouldn’t be around people that don’t wear masks.”
The Hill noted that Pelosi implement a mask requirement for committee meetings a month ago, “shortly after another GOP lawmaker, Rep. Tom Rice (S.C.) — who was spotted without a mask on the House floor — tested positive for the coronavirus.”
Masks have become a partisan issue since the committee mask requirement was put in place, adding further tension in an already-divided House of Representatives.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) has scolded GOP members of his committee numerous times, even threatening to not recognize members who were not wearing masks — leading to battles with ranking member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).
Anything that covers her face is a great blessing. She is one ugly woman.
YOU ARE SO RIGHT// PELOSI IS VERY UGLY//
It would be even better if somebody could spike her mask with vodka and ether. The booze she would like and the ether would make quick work of her consciencousness.
AMEN!~ couldn’t have made a truer remark!
Most definitely! Preferably a large rock!
who died and made her a god or the boss?
Stupid people in too many places who drank the “orange man bad” kool aide and voted democrap in 2018..
Nancy Pelosi & Jerry Nadler——WHAT CRAP!!!!!
Nancy Pelosi: You are pure EVIL inside and out!!!
Up your o was all ! DICTATOR PELOSI aka POLLACK.. PELOSI aka POLLACK needs to RESIGN from CONGRESS AND be BARRED FROM EVER HOLDING A PUBLIC OFFICE EVER AGAIN ! BUTT UGLY FACE PELOSI needs to wear a MASK all the TIME. From the time she gets out of BED until she goes to BED ! MAYBE the Country would be a BETTER PLACE to live without her FACE and the rest of the DERANGED AND DEPLORABLE LOWLIFE S OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST/COMMUNIST PARTY.
This is the C*nt’s last Hoorah !!!! 2020 is fast approaching B*TCH, say Bye, Bye WOP !!
Let’s bow to idol Nancy!!!
The MASK is a FARCE! . . . it DOESN’T WORK, and the LIBERALS know it. One Enlightened Patriot. Team Trump and his allies 2020.
Control. All about control !!!
Mary S., you have hit the nail exactly in the right place! All of this nonsense and all of the scare tactics about the Corona virus is about the3 upcoming election–no more, no less!
NANCY PELOSI NEEDS TO BE RUN OUT OF WASHINGTON, D.C., ALONG WITH SCHIFF AND NADLER// THEY ARE NOT FIT TO BE IN CONGRESS//
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BE RE-ELECTED// HE IS A NATURAL-BORN WINNER//
Just the lower level ??? What about the upper levels where she go’s . Oh I forgot she’s special , she doesn’t have to wear one . Talk about a corrupt c#nt thats that f#cked up in the head to screw the hole damn country over just to get her way . But then she is a retarded old c#nt riding on the edge of insanity like a drunken clown dancing on a tight rope . Trump should delay the election for the president seat and wait for nasty old Nancy to get voted out of office then have the election just to send her over to the dark side of insanity . Hopely that will take the dog face racists , mad max with her .
She needs to take the Durham report and the impeachment papers and make facemasks out of them to block all the crap that’s coming out of her mouth. She’s totally useless and she should be impeached!.
Come November Piglosi needs to be permanently removed from Congress by concerned American voters in her district. Throw the witch out!
Hope she catches it
She can not catch this “virus” because it is not designed to attack another “virus” , which Pisleo is .As for the pisleo that is the letters of her name rearranged and that is what I call “her” .
Nazi nancy Antoinette eating ice cream mandating masks
Hitler is alive and is speaker of the housel
If Pelosi has the authority to pick and choose which bills can be voted on and now able to decide if anyone can come in that works there without her OK then why in hell are we paying those other 400 plus people and their staff? That is just crap. Those elected have one vote not control of all by one person (in this case demented).
The entire Republican membership of the House should wear a mask denouncing her. That’d frost her ass!
What does that douche bag even know about decorum? she so rotten that even Denmark will have their name associated with hers, you “Something smells rotten in Denmark”.
The Soros family includes Nancy and her children.
Piglosi and Soros are Relatives!
She is a disease that should be run out of DC back to California! She is getting harder to look at and no way does she make any sense!
Pelosi, the 20th century Hitter. Shame on you Pelosi Black Slaves Owner. That’s in your blood. It’s oozing out off your old, dirty and wrinkled Body.
Masks don’t work against covid-19, the same as a pair of jeans won’t stop a fart!