{"id":76315,"date":"2021-07-29T10:03:53","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T14:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=76315"},"modified":"2021-07-29T10:03:53","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T14:03:53","slug":"kabooki-theater-new-mask-mandate-a-virtue-signal-of-submissiveness-u-s-senator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=76315","title":{"rendered":"Kabooki theater! New Mask Mandate &#8220;A Virtue Signal Of Submissiveness&#8221; &#8212; U.S. Senator"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Video: Ted Cruz Calls Mask Mandate Reversal \u201cA Virtue Signal Of Submissiveness\u201d<\/h1>\n<h3>Charges Democrats of engaging in \u201cKabooki theater\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><!--more-->Steve Watson<br \/>\nSUMMIT News<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_76316\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-76316\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-29-at-13.43.02.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-29-at-13.43.02.png 800w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-29-at-13.43.02-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-29-at-13.43.02-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-76316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Texas Senator Ted Cruz responded to the CDC\u2019s announcement this week that all Americans should wear face masks again, even fully vaccinated people, by labelling it the ultimate \u201cvirtue signal\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a Senate hearing, Cruz said that while he believes in vaccines and has been urging people to get vaccinated, \u201cI also believe in individual liberty, I believe in freedom, it\u2019s your damn choice whether you get vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cruz proclaimed that \u201cwhen\u2026 the CDC puts out this rule, even if you\u2019ve been vaccinated, you got to put a mask on. It is the Biden administration that are telling people, vaccines don\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI actually understand vaccines do work, which is why that is an arbitrary rule to require people have been vaccinated to put a mask on,\u201d Cruz continued.<\/p>\n<p>Calling it \u201cKabooki theater,\u201d Cruz bellowed \u201cAs soon as the CDC said that, we saw Democrats putting on masks, not because the vaccine suddenly stopped working yesterday, but it was working two days ago. Nope. Because now it is a virtue signal of submissiveness to wear a mask.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-4\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-4&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1420427434034335758&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2021%2F07%2F29%2Fvideo-ted-cruz-calls-mask-mandate-reversal-a-virtue-signal-of-submissiveness%2F&amp;sessionId=102cfb758c0c04701d9959aebcec20c946fcf98f&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1420427434034335758\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Appearing yesterday on\u00a0<em>Hannity<\/em>, Cruz declared \u201cThe CDC has destroyed their credibility,\u201d adding that \u201cright now their credibility is in tatters because they behave more like an arm of the DNC than an actual serious medical and scientific organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article\">\n<div class=\"ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cruz added \u201cthe Democrats have, from the beginning of this pandemic treated it as a matter of politics from the shutdowns we saw all over the country, to the schools that were closed and the kids that were hurt, to the jackbooted thugs that went persecuting people of faith who were going to church. We saw a political agenda instead of common sense to keep us safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Calling the new mask mandate \u201cpure politics,\u201d Cruz further urged that \u201cthe Democrats decided they want to control your lives. They want everyone to wear a mask. And my view is real simple. We shouldn\u2019t have federal government mandates on COVID. That means no mask mandates. That means no vaccine mandates. That means no vaccine passports. This should be a question of individual choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-5\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-5&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1420556743273242624&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2021%2F07%2F29%2Fvideo-ted-cruz-calls-mask-mandate-reversal-a-virtue-signal-of-submissiveness%2F&amp;sessionId=102cfb758c0c04701d9959aebcec20c946fcf98f&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1420556743273242624\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As we\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2021\/07\/28\/video-fox-reporter-asks-the-one-question-every-american-wants-the-answer-to\/\">noted yesterday<\/a>, when asked \u201cIf vaccines work, then why do people who have the vaccine now need to wear masks?\u201d the White House Press secretary had no explanation other than \u2018because we say so\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2021\/07\/29\/video-ted-cruz-calls-mask-mandate-reversal-a-virtue-signal-of-submissiveness\/\">https:\/\/summit.news\/2021\/07\/29\/video-ted-cruz-calls-mask-mandate-reversal-a-virtue-signal-of-submissiveness\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video: Ted Cruz Calls Mask Mandate Reversal \u201cA Virtue Signal Of Submissiveness\u201d Charges Democrats of engaging in \u201cKabooki theater\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}