Pelosi Imposes Mandatory Mask Rule For US House After Loony Louie Flouted Common Sense, Got COVID

1010 WINS reports:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said during a call with House Democrats Wednesday that she will introduce a mandatory mask policy for the House of Representatives floor, according to reports. The move comes after Rep. Louie Gohmert, a Texas Republican who has been vocal about not wearing a face covering at the Capitol, announced on Wednesday that he had tested positive for coronavirus.

Last month Pelosi decreed that masks must be worn during committee meetings. Today’s order widens the rule.

1) Pelosi announces from the chair that masks will be required in the House chamber. Says “the Speaker views the failure to wear the mask as a serious breach of decorum.”

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) July 29, 2020

2) Pelosi just took the chair in the chamber and made an announcement that masks will now be required on the floor. Says she is vested in this authority to dictate decorum in the House. Calls this is a “paramount responsibility in the presence of a pandemic.”

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) July 29, 2020

3) Pelosi:
Members and staff will be required to wear masks at all times in the hall of the House.

Pelosi:
The chair expects all members and staff to adhere to this requirement as an item of respect

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) July 29, 2020

4) Pelosi:
Members and staff will not be permitted to enter the hall of the House without wearing a mask

Pelosi says she can ask the Sgt at Arms to remove members who are not wearing masks

Pelosi:
The Speaker views the failure to wear the mask as a serious breach of decorum.

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) July 29, 2020

Pelosi announces new mask policy, mandating all members and staff wear masks on floor. “Members and staff will be required to wear masks in the halls of the House,” she says, adding she can direct House sergeant-at-arms to tell members to leave if they aren’t wearing one

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 29, 2020