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The Lifting of the Mask Mandate Is a Gift to Democrats
A federal judge’s ruling may succeed in getting an awkward topic off the party’s agenda.
A sign from an earlier era.
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The federal judge who on Monday struck down the CDC’s mask mandate in airports, airplanes and other public transit did President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party a favor.
This lingering non-pharmaceutical intervention, at a time when mask rules have been dropped in virtually every other context (including in the U.S. Capitol Building) has become an embarrassment at a time when the country has otherwise moved on from so-called NPIs.