Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin got called out for being maskless in a Safeway by a shopper who noted nearly everyone else in sight was following the state’s COVID pandemic recommendations.
“Governor, where’s your mask?” a masker shopper shouted at Youngkin from a checkout counter.
“We’re all making choices today,” said the Republican choosing to ignore the Virginia Department of Health’s directions to “wear a mask in indoor public spaces when community spread is substantial or high.”
The upset shopper wasn’t having it.
“Yeah, look around you governor, you’re in Alexandria,” she said. “Read the room buddy!”
While promoting his plan to eliminate grocery taxes, a customer strongly expressed disapproval over a maskless Youngkin.
"Governor, where is your mask?"
"We're all making choices today."
"Yeah, look around you governor, you're in Alexandria. Read the room buddy!"@wusa pic.twitter.com/zNkgFXppVs
— Matthew Torres (@News_MTorres) February 3, 2022
Alexandria is a historic Washington D.C. suburb rife with culture. Condé Nast Traveler readers rated the roughly 150,000 person town among the nation’s three best cities of 2021.
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Its mayor and City Council are all Democrats, and the last Republican to get a majority of the presidential vote there was Ronald Reagan in 1980. Four years later, Alexandria went for Walter Mondale — one of the few places to do so in a Reagan landslide — and has gone blue ever since.
Youngkin visited the Alexandria grocery store on Thursday to push his plan to eliminate the state’s 2.5% tax on groceries, according to WTOP.
“One of the primary areas that we are losing, is that Virginia’s cost of living has escalated at an extraordinary rate and people are moving to lower-cost places to live,” Youngkin told shoppers.
He stands for chopping the grocery tax, along with making sure Critical Race Theory isn’t taught in Virginia schools. The state’s Board of Education has no mention of CRT in its curriculum.
CNN reports that only 24% of Alexandria County residents voted for Youngkin in 2021 when he defeated former Democratic governor Terry McAuliffe.
Among those picking up on video of Youngkin’s confrontation with his masked constituent was Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
“Dem Karens want to tell you how to live your life,” Cruz tweeted alongside a clip of the Safeway debate. “And they’ll fire you, cancel you, or scream at you if you don’t obey.”
It’s unclear which “they” Cruz believes may “fire” or “cancel” Virginia’s governor.
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Wear your mask and shut up about it, Karen while ignoring the data that they don’t work. Northam is no longer in office, so these stupid restrictions no longer apply. You’re certainly free to wear one if you choose—and those of us who choose not to are not your punching bags.
Just read the election results Karen? Look about you Karen, you’re in America, land of the Free, Home of the Brave, who walk through the valleys of death and fear no evil,,,,,not in your masked cave store of basement cowardice that just invites masked criminals to come in and loot your store for a clean getaway and more stolen elections.
AND IF karens like him, HONESTLY THINK WE are still needing to stay masked up forever, fine.. STAY THE HELL IN YOUR OWN HOME AND Mask up all you want.
Hey “Karen” masks do not work, so you are obviously “not following the science”. “Karen” Airhead, look at the Swedish model. The Swedes kept their society open, no masks and with a much higher population than my state of Michigan, the Swedes had many less deaths. So “Karen”, you should have a mask put on you permanently, with super glue. I am sure with a permanent mask on your face, “Karen”, Dr. Fauci will have a portrait of you on his wall!!!!!
Why is it that liberals think everyone should dress, speak, think and act like them. It’s obvious the intelligent Americans have more worthwhile goals in life then to expect everyone who breaths to be exactly like them. Although it would be refreshing if we had more intelligence in our society.
BECAUSE to them, they literally think everyone should be PROUD TO BE MINDLESS Drones like they are… and join the wokist collective.
All those who think and behave like this ignorant shopper yelling at Youngkin, should kindly pack up their bags and move to a communist country where they can have their fill of a socialist utopia! They are anti-freedom, and can’t tolerate those who are freedom loving Americans.
But tell those same people they are no allowed to make a personal decision about something like aborting an innocent child, and then watch them come unhinged about the threat to their personal freedom & choices!!
“He stands for chopping the grocery tax, along with making sure Critical Race Theory isn’t taught in Virginia schools. The state’s Board of Education has no mention of CRT in its curriculum.”
Most schools promoting this crud do NOT want to admit it. However it does indeed exist.
They just call it something else…
Hmm, if CRT &/or other anti white, anti Christian & Marxist anti American subversion / liberal indoctrination is not being taught in schools then why are teachers & their unions so outraged & hysterical about being ordered not to teach those things?
Youngkin should have said masks are harming the environment re: WHO has stated that masks & other vaccine related waste is polluting the planet.