During yesterday’s press briefing, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany played a video for reporters showing Democrats hypocrisy on COVID restrictions.

The video showed California Governor Gavin Newsom dining indoors at a restaurant, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot celebrating Biden declaring victory in the street with a crowd, Nancy Pelosi getting her hair done when salons were supposed to be close and several other high profile Democrat who preached restrictions while breaking them.

She told reporters:

"Behind me, you will see displayed images of Democrat hypocrisy playing on loop. These images depict the following:

They show Governor Gavin Newsom of California dining both mask-less and indoors at the fancy French Laundry restaurant despite severe lockdown restrictions against indoor dining for the very people he governs.

You’ll see Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot celebrating in the non-socially distanced streets of her city.

You will see Speaker Nancy Pelosi indoors at a hair salon in San Francisco when salons in California were only open for outdoor services.

And you will see CNN’s Chris Cuomo staging his emergence from quarantine in a made-for-television moment, coming out of the basement. And this was after Cuomo was spotted breaking his brother, Governor Cuomo’s quarantine rules to go for a bike ride in the Hamptons.

Also notable is San Francisco Mayor London Breed, who followed Governor Newsom’s lead in dining at the French Laundry with a group of eight people.

And, finally, Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl dining outdoors at her favorite Santa Monica restaurant after voting to ban outdoor dining at 31,000 restaurants throughout LA, calling outdoor dining “a most dangerous situation.”

Quite clearly, these Democrats do not follow their own edicts. They act in a way that their own citizens are barred from acting.

Governor Cuomo’s decision to impose restrictions on the size of religious gatherings was rebuked by the highest court in the land. But what was Cuomo’s response? Instead of showing deference to the Constitution, he attacked the legitimacy of the Court. Governor Cuomo said this: “You have a different Court, and I think that was the statement that the court was making. We know who he appointed to the court. We know their ideology.”

Well, in fact, the ideology of those on the Supreme Court who made the decision to support the First Amendment are in favor of freedom, the Constitution that survives even during a pandemic.

This statement from Governor Cuomo strikes at the heart of the issue: Democrats seek control. These images behind me make clear Democrats’ mindset: rules for thee but not for me.

The President stands with you, your freedom, your ability to decide how to best protect your health. We all know how to protect ourselves from COVID-19: wash your hands, socially distance, wear a mask.

But as one federal court put it, “There is no pandemic exception to the Constitution.”"

Michael Berry

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