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The Democrat mantra during the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be rules for thee but not for me, and California Rep. Maxine Waters is the most recent example.
An anonymous tipster sent a photo to The Daily Wire that showed the 83-year-old representative maskless on a United flight heading from Dulles Airport to Los Angeles International, even as the Federal Aviation Administration has a mandate that requires passengers to wear a mask during flights, The Daily Wire reported.
The source said that flight attendants hounded others on the flight to keep their masks on but only asked Rep. Waters to wear her mask one time.
“Maxine had her mask off for at least an hour while she read her paper and took a nap,” the source said. “Attendants brought her fresh coffee while she was napping and didn’t say a thing as three of them walked past and saw Maxine reading and then sleeping while she remained maskless.”
“My nose had bled pretty early into the flight, so I later on pulled my mask down below my nose to get some cooler air,” the source said. “Within a few minutes, a flight attendant informed me I had to put my mask back on over my nose, the right way, immediately.”
The source says she pointed in the direction of Waters, indicating that she wasn’t wearing a mask as a form of protest.
The flight attendant looked at Waters and said to the woman, “Okay, but you need to put your mask on the right way.”
“I put the mask on ‘the right way’ after the flight attendant told Maxine to put her mask on,” she said. “Maxine had been napping. She did put the mask on after the attendant interrupted her sleep and told her to do so. I think she was startled by the rude awakening.”
“The injustice of being overlooked because we were not ‘important’ like Maxine, of being dismissed when my boyfriend tried to address the seat he paid for so that we could sit together, and then being roughly spoken to for having my own mask down a fraction of an inch when someone else, a well-known politician, just six feet away from me, was ‘breaking’ the required face masks on airlines was flabbergasting,” the source said.
“Flight attendants stay on you,” she said. “If you don’t put your mask on in between bites of food or sips of drink, they will ask you to, they state so at the start of their safety guidelines before the flight.”
“But none of them once bothered Maxine when she was maskless,” she said. “A politician who believes in masks, but only when others wear them for her. It’s a double standard, but people seem to be blind to it.”
The source’s boyfriend was not able to sit in his original seat but Rep. Waters was able to sit alone.
“She was in the window seat and in the middle seat was a sign that said the seat was ‘out of service’ and ‘sorry for the inconvenience.’ There was a young man in the aisle seat of that row who mid-flight agreed to switch seats with my boyfriend so the both of us could at least be across from each other,” she said.
The representative has been one of the main people pushing mask wearing.
“Take a chance. Remind an unmasked person to put on a mask & if they become angry, smile and say “6ft away” & keep going,” she said in April 2020.
Take a chance. Remind an unmasked person to put on a mask & if they become angry, smile and say “6ft away” & keep going.
— Maxine Waters (@RepMaxineWaters) April 15, 2020
“Trump is a dangerous example for children and those who tend to follow him. Not wearing a mask and not social distancing is dangerous,” she said in May 2020. “Do not follow his example. Protect yourself. Coronavirus kills! Maybe this ignoramus doesn’t care, but you should care about yourself!”
Trump is a dangerous example for children and those who tend to follow him. Not wearing a mask and not social distancing is dangerous. Do not follow his example. Protect yourself. Coronavirus kills! Maybe this ignoramus doesn’t care, but you should care about yourself!
— Maxine Waters (@RepMaxineWaters) May 25, 2020
“Trump still refuses to wear a mask. Trump’s FAILED leadership & his unfortunate followers not wearing masks & not social distancing is responsible for the growing infections, death, & surge in #coronavirus cases,” she said in June 2020.
Trump still refuses to wear a mask. Trump’s FAILED leadership & his unfortunate followers not wearing masks & not social distancing is responsible for the growing infections, death, & surge in #coronavirus cases.
— Maxine Waters (@RepMaxineWaters) June 30, 2020
