{"id":117113,"date":"2020-11-21T04:21:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T01:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/our-hypocritical-leaders-refuse-to-obey-their-own-covid-19-rules\/"},"modified":"2020-11-21T04:21:33","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T01:21:33","slug":"our-hypocritical-leaders-refuse-to-obey-their-own-covid-19-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/our-hypocritical-leaders-refuse-to-obey-their-own-covid-19-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"#Our hypocritical leaders refuse to obey their own COVID-19 rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Our hypocritical leaders refuse to obey their own COVID-19 rules<\/strong>”
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\n Wearing a mask is important. For you and those around you. For elected officials? Not so much.<\/p>\n

Actually, all the COVID rules are for us, not them. COVID-19, and the accompanying lockdowns, have made it painfully clear: We plebes have to follow the rules; the elites do not.<\/p>\n

Start with California Gov. Gavin News<\/a>om, who last week groveled for forgiveness after being caught attending a large birthday dinner at The French Laundry restaurant in Napa Valley. When pictures from the event surfaced, the hypocrisy was glaring: The governor was seen with his wife at a large table full of maskless lobbyists, all sitting in close proximity.<\/p>\n

But, hey: You\u2019re not the governor \u2014 so if you want to celebrate Thanksgiving in his state, remember: \u201cNo more than three households, including your own,\u201d at the gathering, and keep your distance.<\/p>\n

Newsom isn\u2019t the only one to live it up while everyone suffers. Gov. Cuomo, for example, is rarely seen in a mask, yet his Twitter<\/a> feed never stops harassing you to \u201cmask up.\u201d (And, by the way, he\u2019s just thrilled with himself over his handling of the COVID-19 crisis, even though it resulted in more deaths than any other state and, according to The New York Times, seeded the virus throughout the country.)<\/p>\n

The gov\u2019s daughter recently posted a picture of her dad, two of his daughters, one of \u201cthe boyfriends\u201d and Cuomo\u2019s secretary all hanging out with no social distancing or masks. Were all of them part of the same household? Doubtful.<\/p>\n

Yet you, of course, have to avoid friends and family \u2014 you know, just in case.<\/p>\n

One of Cuomo\u2019s most famous constituents similarly seems to think rules are for the little people. He actually broke quarantine after testing positive for the virus.<\/p>\n

The constituent\u2019s wife posted pictures of herself working out indoors, maskless, with a personal trainer, while gyms in the state remained closed. And he was recently photographed getting a haircut, maskless, which would result in a $1,000 fine for the rest of us.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m referring, of course, to Gov. Cuomo\u2019s brother, CNN host Chris Cuomo, who gets a pass on all of his bad behavior because of his last name (and left-wing politics).<\/p>\n

Politicians and their families are just not like the rest of us. Newsom sent his kids back to hybrid, in-person private school in Sacramento County while public schools there remain closed.<\/p>\n

Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously got a haircut at a salon in California, though salons were supposed to be closed there at the time.<\/p>\n

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who has called for nationwide mask mandates, was seen walking maskless through an airport in September and again in the hallway of the Capitol last week.<\/p>\n

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser travel<\/a>ed to Delaware for a Biden victory party, but didn\u2019t follow her own quarantine protocols upon return. Celebrations, you see, are \u201cessential\u201d for your betters; they\u2019re too important to follow the rules they set for others.<\/p>\n

Last week, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced new lockdowns. \u201cYou must cancel the normal Thanksgiving plans,\u201d she said. The previous week, Lightfoot was whooping it up in the street, maskless and shouting through a bullhorn (and perhaps blowtorching her spittle at the crowd) during a Biden victory party.<\/p>\n

Sen. Chuck Schumer also partied for Biden maskless. App<\/a>arently all these Democratic politicians seem to think if you\u2019re partying for a good cause, masks are unnecessary. My 4-year-old had to wear a mask, outdoors, at recess during those very few days he got to go to actual school. Then again, as Creedence Clearwater Revival put it, he \u201cain\u2019t no senator\u2019s son.\u201d (Other \u201cgood causes,\u201d like Black Lives Matter rallies, also seem to negate the need to follow the rules.)<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t listen to politicians, listen to scientists,\u201d say their defenders! Yet that\u2019s not really how it works. Scientists give their perspective, and politicians enact rules based on that. But if they tell us to be concerned, to take precautions, to change everything about the way we live and to do so indefinitely \u2014 and then don\u2019t do it themselves \u2014 what are we supposed to think?<\/p>\n

The message that comes through loud and clear: Wink, wink \u2014 COVID\u2019s not really that big a deal.<\/p>\n

These hypocrites have to know their behavior undermines their credibility and helps spread the virus they say they want to fight. The only possible conclusion is that they just don\u2019t care.<\/p>\n

Twitter: @Karol<\/em>\n <\/div>\n

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