Muriel Bowser, Mayor of Washington, D.C. Found myself in hot water In the past few days, about the new mask mission in her city. Initially, Bowser postponed the task until the day after her birthday celebration, which included a night with comedian Dave Chappelle. Given that the virus does not care about birthdays, this seems somewhat paradoxical.
However, when she presided over the wedding after the authorization took effect, the situation got worse.Her team issued a statement saying that she did not violate any rules, but Photo of her indoors without a mask Otherwise say.
Is it her? pic.twitter.com/i0AT3gormx
— Bonchi (@bonchieredstate) August 1, 2021
I did not see any food on those tables, nor did I see anyone drinking. Besides, as the mayor, shouldn’t she be a positive role model?
Well, according to CNN, no. In a response meeting that can only be called torture, John Berman and Brianna Kelar were forced to join this morning to defend the mayor. At some point, Berman seemed upset that Bowser was criticized, while Kylar played the “well, who knows” role to keep the conversation going.
CNN @John Berman & @布里anna
defend @MayorBowser Violated her own mask authorization:“As far as we know, she didn’t actually violate the new rules, did she?”
“It seems to be during a toast. Right?” pic.twitter.com/wJA2OoN91O
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) August 2, 2021
In fact, according to the photo I posted above, it is obvious that she has violated her rules if she does not eat or drink. Shouldn’t the CNN anchor be able to ascertain this from the available evidence instead of pretending to be stupid?
After that, Berman’s argument was that when science said that there was no need to wear masks, and people once criticized politicians for wearing masks (and science still says that), then how can you be angry because Bowser did not abide by her own rules on wearing masks? Woolen cloth? Yes, this is his serious response to all this. Berman did not notice the obvious hypocrisy and the fact that these instructions were meaningless. Instead, he wanted to accuse unnamed media figures who had teased Joe Biden for wearing a mask outside after announcing that he no longer needed to wear a mask. Because these are exactly the same thing.
In short, Berman’s argument is clearly meant to transfer heat, not to really solve the problem or get everyone to comply with the same standards. If this were a Republican, the reaction would be completely different. Bowser broke her own guidelines. If CNN really thinks masks are important, they will attack her instead of defending her. But partisanship is a kind of drug, and pursuing Bowser is pursuing their own people.
Therefore, you will end up with a comedy fight in this video.
