Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) on Thursday demanded in front of the entire Senate that his colleague Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) wear a mask in the chamber, where senators were massed for a long series of votes on the budget resolution.
When Paul stood up to ask that each vote be limited to 10 minutes, Brown objected and demanded that the libertarian-leaning Republican wear a mask in the chamber.
“I would like to ask Sen. Paul in front of everybody to start wearing a mask on the Senate floor like the entire staff does all the time,” Brown said with a clear tone of exasperation in his voice.
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"I wish Sen. Paul would show respect to his colleagues to wear a mask when he’s on the Senate floor walking around and speaking,” Brown said.
Brown, however, ultimately didn’t block Paul’s request to limit the time of the votes, even though the Kentucky senator didn’t make any move to then put on a mask.
Instead, Paul, remaining maskless, sat down next to Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) for the remainder of the vote to chat.
The Hill
Fucking prick.
Paul, who tested positive for COVID-19 in March, doesn’t wear a mask. He argues that people who have recovered from the disease are immune.
Paul told Fox News in an interview in November that people who recover from the virus should “throw away their masks, go to restaurants, live again” because they “are now immune.”
And his father is a physician.
Senators started receiving COVID-19 vaccines in December. There’s little evidence, however, that receiving the vaccine prevents someone from transmitting the virus to people who aren’t vaccinated.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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