New Orleans Democrat Mayor Latoya Cantrell is seen partying maskless at Mardi Gras party just weeks after reintroducing mask mandate: Latest Dem caught in COVID hypocrisy storm
- Mayor LaToya Cantrell, 49, reinstituted indoor mask mandates on Feb. 11, but violated her own rules at a ball she hosted
- Cantrell could be seen living it up and mugging for the camera, documenting her rule-breaking
- Mask mandates were reinstituted by the mayor after Omicron infections jumped in January
- New Orleans infection rate remains at 9 percent
- Despite outrage on Twitter over the violation, the mayor seemed unconcerned
The Democratic mayor of New Orleans was photographed partying without a mask at Mardi Gras festivities last week – just seven days after reinstating mask mandates for the rest of the city.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell, 49, could be seen mugging unencumbered by a face covering on February 18 with publicists, politicians and just about anyone else while wearing a sparkly, beaded silver frock at the Mayor’s Mardi Gras Ball at Gallier Hall in the city’s Business District.
The mayor was unrepentant after becoming the most recent Democrat to flout their own mask mandate.
‘While we did not see perfect adoption of the guidelines in every instance over the weekend, we were encouraged overall by the level of masking and vigilance we saw on the parade route and at ball events,’ the mayor said in a statement, without acknowledging her behavior.
In one video, she dances on a 360-degree photo platform documenting her own violation of the Covid-19 protocol that she put into place on February 11.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell, far right, flouted mask mandates that she put in place at a Mardi Gras event that she hosted
The only time that masks can be off indoors in a public setting is if the person is eating or drinking, but none of the photos show her doing that.
The city’s mask rules have been on and off for the last two years; the last time it was lifted was in October 2021.
Mardi Gras, the biggest yearly event on the city’s calendar, is March 1, but parties, parades and celebrations lead up weeks prior to the bacchanal.
The infection rates in the Big Easy jumped with the Omicron wave and remains at nine percent.
Mayor Cantrell in a silver beaded dress being documented violating mask mandates at an indoor Mardi Gras celebration
The infection rates in the Big Easy jumped with the Omicron wave and remains at 9 percent. Mayor Cantrell, on the left, ignored her own Covid-19 restriction
Mayor Cantrell hosted a ‘Mayor’s Ball’ at Grallier Hall, seen here, in which most of the participants were photographed not wearing masks
The invitation to the Mayor’s ball even specifies that masks must be worn
‘Rules for thee, not for me,’ Twitter user Collin Palma wrote.
‘ANOTHER HYPOCRITE. I still have to wear a mask in my downtown office and proof of vax for restaurants,’ Lisa Schmidt, posted on the social media platform.
The mayor’s office shrugged off Twitter outrage.
Researchers have found wearing a mask could lower the risk by up to 225 times, compared to solely relying on a six-foot rule.
Democratic politicians across the country are running afoul of strict Covid-19 protocols that they have put into place.
Famously, California Gov. Gavin Newsome, San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti were busted without masks at a San Francisco 49ers game against the L.A. Rams.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has come under fire after she shared a photo of herself, maskless, at what appears to be a bar for the. Although mask mandates were lifted for indoor venues, they were still in place for schools and state-run facilities.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed (left), Johnson (center) and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (right) smile for the camera without masks in defiance of county and private rules
Magic Johnson and California Governor Gavin Newsom were among the high-profile figures spotted without masks during Sunday’s NFL game in Los Angeles
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