Harris’ explanation for mask-less school visit: Masks were optional for students

Vice President Kamala Harris declined to put on a masks throughout a go to to a D.C. elementary faculty Monday as a result of metropolis steering states that masking is elective for each college students and employees, Harris’ workplace informed Fox Information Digital.

Harris visited Neville Thomas Elementary College on Monday, and pictures from the go to confirmed her and faculty directors bare-faced alongside younger college students carrying masks.

Media critics and political opponents rapidly criticized Harris, arguing it was hypocritical to forgo a masks when the Biden-Harris administration is pushing for some masks mandates.

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Whereas Harris was pictured a number of instances with college students who all wore a masks, there are additionally photographs of the vice chairman with unmasked kids.

Different critics claimed the scholars on the faculty have been compelled to masks, which isn’t the case. D.C. public faculties shifted to an elective masks coverage on March 16.

“Within the Democrats’ anti-science dystopia, the one one that would not have to put on a masks is Kamala Harris,” wrote Republican Nationwide Committee speedy response director Tommy Pigott.

The incident echoed an analogous case through which failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams went mask-less throughout a go to to a college the place college students have been required to masks.

Abrams later apologized for the incident throughout an look on CNN, although she stood by the significance of masks mandates.

“I took an image and that was a mistake. Protocols matter. Defending our children is crucial factor, and something that may be perceived as undermining that may be a mistake, and I apologize,” Abrams informed CNN host Erin Burnett.