{"id":38364,"date":"2021-08-03T13:31:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T20:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=38364"},"modified":"2021-08-03T16:31:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T23:31:28","slug":"biden-rebukes-gop-governors-for-barring-mask-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=38364","title":{"rendered":"Biden rebukes GOP governors for barring mask mandates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/asssrvbzlmmncvcmnyhllnsslbngmbmwwplzvtgmkylldt_pmjhmmjqjbhlqdfqdmvq.html?a=&amp;b=41218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/asssrvbzlmmncvcmnyhllnsslbngmbmwwplzvtgmkylldt_pmjhmmjqjbhlqdfqdmvq.html?a%3D%26b%3D41218&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1628115091704000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH7tZDANAy4liDfuTH5ScJ1CyGcag\">President Biden<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday rebuked Republican governors who have imposed bans on mask mandates and pleaded with them to \u201cget out of the way\u201d of businesses and schools who want to impose coronavirus-related requirements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need leadership from everyone and if some governors aren\u2019t willing to do the right thing to beat this pandemic, then they should allow businesses and universities who want to do the right thing to be able to do it,\u201d\u00a0he said in a speech from the White House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI say to these governors, please help. If you aren\u2019t going to help, at least get out of the way of people who are trying to do the right thing. Use your power to save lives,\u201d Biden continued.<\/p>\n<p>The president&#8217;s\u00a0criticism was directed at states, all of them Republican-controlled, that have banned mask mandates in school districts, universities or businesses. He particularly singled out Florida and Texas, noting that they currently account for one-third of new COVID-19 cases.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Gov.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/njrjgcwhkqqnbcbqntdkknjjkwnmqwqzzpkhcrmqytkkfj_pmjhmmjqjbhlqdfqdmvq.html?a=&amp;b=41218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/njrjgcwhkqqnbcbqntdkknjjkwnmqwqzzpkhcrmqytkkfj_pmjhmmjqjbhlqdfqdmvq.html?a%3D%26b%3D41218&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1628115091704000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEiirUX5G14F5oxqN36BMT11VyTIA\">Ron DeSantis<\/a>\u00a0and Texas Gov.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/izdzptgkcyywrtrywbmccwzzcgwqygyffdcktnqyhbccvc_pmjhmmjqjbhlqdfqdmvq.html?a=&amp;b=41218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/izdzptgkcyywrtrywbmccwzzcgwqygyffdcktnqyhbccvc_pmjhmmjqjbhlqdfqdmvq.html?a%3D%26b%3D41218&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1628115091704000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFf0knT_5EgqRkzyReODbwvANG63g\">Greg Abbott<\/a>, both Republicans, have issued executive orders barring local mask mandates even as federal health officials updated health guidance to encourage vaccinated Americans in areas of high transmission to wear face coverings indoors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden\u00a0on Tuesday rebuked Republican governors&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38365,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38364\/revisions\/38365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}