Lawmakers defied mask orders at session kick-off in Capitol

[TexasTowelie]

House Republicans speak in a circle without masks on on the floor of the House chamber. Clockwise they are: Reps. Bill Fortner (Gillette), Jeremy Haroldson (Wheatland), Chuck Gray (Casper), John Bear (Gillette), Chip Neiman (R-Hulett) and Pepper Ottman (R-Riverton). (Mike Vanata/WyoFile)


The majority of state lawmakers who attended the kickoff of the 66th Wyoming Legislature in person Tuesday defied public health orders by not wearing face coverings.

Gov. Mark Gordon and Public Health Officer Dr. Alexia Harrist issued health orders Dec. 7 that require Wyoming residents to wear face coverings in indoor public settings. Gordon signed the mask mandate after months of appealing instead to residents’ personal responsibility failed to slow COVID-19 case counts, hospitalizations and deaths. The order, extended on Jan. 9, applies to state government buildings including the Capitol.

The large majority of lawmakers on the House floor, and many in the Senate, did not wear masks while gathering Jan. 12 to begin the 2021 general session. Public health orders were likewise not enforced among members of the public in attendance, many of whom circulated in the galleries and hallways of the Capitol maskless.

The open disregard for state law came after one former and several current lawmakers — along with hundreds of protesters — accused Gordon and Harrist of being “tyrants” for issuing such health orders, though they have yet to be rigorously enforced.

Read more: https://www.wyofile.com/lawmakers-defied-mask-orders-at-session-kick-off-in-capitol/

[brush]

1. Wonder how many of these idiots will soon test positive?

I'm guessing four or five, maybe more.

[TexasTowelie]

2. The new UK variant of the virus has already appeared in the Grand Tetons.

It will be interesting following the news over the next few months,

[Sugarmaggie]

3. Reckless endangerment

I’m not surprised we don’t see individuals being sued for knowingly causing the infection of others.

Office holders are supposed to be a servant to the people not executioner to the people.

[Blues Heron]

4. So bizarre to see the need to be defiant in their weird minds

How that could override the self-preservation/do no harm to others instincts is testament to the brainwashing they have received.

It's like being proud of getting drunk and driving at 95mph.

[Sugarmaggie]

5. My thoughts exactly

[marble falls]

6. One more reason to let Wyoming turn into 'Buffalo Commons'.

Buffalo Commons
The Buffalo Commons is a conceptual proposal to create a vast nature preserve by returning 139,000 square miles of the drier portion of the Great Plains to native prairie, and by reintroducing the American bison, that once grazed the shortgrass prairie. The proposal would affect ten states: Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Commons

[nwliberalkiwi]

7. Wyoming Has:

Stupid People