It must have been terrible to be part of the Hyatt staff tasked with asking Republicans to wear masks.
That's like asking for abuse!
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PoliTalker (03-05-2021)
CPAC Attendees Boo, Yell ‘Freedom!’ After Being Told To Wear Masks
"Schneider and Patrick gently and sheepishly asked attendees to put on masks, with Schneider even appealing to the conservative crowd’s love of private property.
“I know this might sound like a little bit of a downer, but we also believe in property rights, and this is a private hotel,” he said, according to live video footage from the event. “And we believe in the rule of law, so we need to comply with the laws of this county that we’re in. But a private hotel, just like your house, gets to set its own rules.”
Patrick took it from there, telling the crowd, “So please everyone, when you’re in the ballroom, when you’re seated, you should still be wearing a mask. So if everybody can go ahead and work on that.”
Perhaps sensing growing anger in the room, Patrick added: “I know, I know, it’s not the most fun.”
“Booooo!” some of the attendees could be heard yelling. “Freedom!” cried others.
The tense moment was demonstrative of a conservative movement in America still awash in denialism of COVID-19, even though the virus has killed more than 500,000 in this country and even though CPAC’s 2020 gathering, held in Fort Washington, Maryland, sparked one of the pandemic’s first big stories after it was revealed that an infected attendee shook hands posed for photos with government officials and GOP bigwigs.
Journalists in Orlando this week have reported seeing many CPAC attendees wandering the hotel maskless.
“Just watched a #CPAC staff member ask an attendee multiple times to put his mask on,” tweeted Bloomberg News reporter William Turton. “He turned toward her, coughed, and kept walking. I’d say about 60-70% of attendees are wearing masks, despite a rule requiring masks.” "
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