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Originally Posted by Heyitsrick

Question: Where is this story about Judge Barrett being asked to remove her mask coming from?

I saw a speculative comment on page 1 of this topic that read this way:



Is that what we're using as "the facts" here? Later in the topic, others chimed in, such as feeling sorry for Barrett that she was asked to remove the mask. Another person lambasted her as "weak" for doing so and for not standing up for her right/desire to wear a mask. And more recently in this thread, someone said "she's clearly not fit to judge anything" for this decision.

OK, from the start - is there an actual news link that states she was asked by someone to remove her mask? I'm not saying there isn't one, but that's not how the topic is being presented here (unless I missed it). Instead, it seems like someone saw something on a video clip, and then assumed that she was asked to remove her mask. The rest of the comments in the thread seem to follow from that original comment.

So she removes a mask when up on the podium. She was going to speak at the podium. So the thought is that she should have kept a mask on while making her comments?

I watched what I'll charitably call a debate this past week. You probably did, too. And what did we see? We saw the president, the former vice-president and the moderator, all mask-free. Why was that ok? Rank has its privileges? Are you going to say that "it was so the audience could hear / understand them better!"? So, that's different when someone - someone who had already contracted Covid-19 this past summer - is at a podium to speak in the Rose Garden?

"https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/notre-dame-president-apologizes-for-not-wearing-mask-at-amy-coney-barrett-nomination/2346035/


"Jenkins explained that when he arrived at the White House, he and others underwent a rapid COVID-19 test, and once they had all tested negative, they were told it was safe to remove their masks.
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