John Forbes Kerry, the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, while sitting in first-class, took off his mask today as he settled into his book moments before his American Airlines flight from Boston to Washington took off.
The so-called Climate Envoy was not eating, nor drinking, even though first-class passengers are often served before take-off.
In its Feb. 1 press release, “American Airlines Aligns Existing Mask Requirements with US Government Mandate,” the airline’s Chief Operating Officer David Seymour said American would fully comply with President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s mask regulations.
“Our mask requirement has been and will continue to be a critical component of our comprehensive effort to protect the health and well-being of our customers and team members during the pandemic,” said Seymour. “This federal mandate will provide additional support to our crew members who are working diligently to enforce our policy and further reinforce the safety of air travel during COVID-19.”
“As before, customers are required to wear masks for the duration of their journey, including at the airport and on board the aircraft. Children under the age of two will continue to be exempt from the mask requirement,” the release said. “Consistent with U.S. government directives, individuals who refuse to wear a mask may be denied boarding, removed from the aircraft or subject to penalties under federal law, in addition to being barred from future travel with American.”
In his March 11 address to the Nation, Biden said: “We need everyone to get vaccinated. We need everyone to keep washing their hands, stay socially distanced, and keep wearing the masks as recommended by the CDC.”
The Center for Disease Control issued a Jan. 29 order, under its authority from the Public Health Act, that became effective Feb. 2, which reads in part: “People must wear masks that cover both the mouth and nose when awaiting, boarding, traveling on, or disembarking public conveyances. People must also wear masks when entering or on the premises of a transportation hub in the United States.”
The order specifically rules out scarves, ski masks, balaclavas, or bandannas or even shirt or sweater collars, such as turtleneck collars pulled up over the mouth and nose.
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Neil W. McCabe is a Washington-based national political reporter for The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. In addition to the Star Newspaper, he has covered the White House, Capitol Hill and national politics for One America News, Breitbart, Human Events and Townhall. Before coming to Washington, he was a staff reporter for Boston’s Catholic paper, The Pilot, and the editor of two Boston-area community papers, The Somerville News and The Alewife. McCabe is a public affairs NCO in the Army Reserve and he deployed for 15 months to Iraq as a combat historian.
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Contact American Airlines.
I did. No doubt I will receive a wishy washy word salad as a reply.
Don’t you know…kick a four-year-old autistic boy off a plane because he cannot wear a mask…reduce an elderly woman to tears because she dropped her mask for a minute to take a sip of liquid….but, the elites are exempt from the rules that imprison us.
He knows it only makes (possibly) 1.3% difference give or take a margin of 3%
You can’t see his tray table, So how do we know hes not eating or drinking?
You really gonna go with he’s eating or drinking the book he’s holding?
Nah. He had an indisputable reason I’m sure. But probably it was just Ted Cruz again in a Kerry mask. Because pretty much the entire planet knows the evil Cruz is the ONLY celeb/politician/known person who would EVER do such a thing, and we must crucify Cruz and Cruz alone at all times, no matter what anyone else does.
(I hope you caught the heavy, dripping sarcasm from this Texan!)
You may cast it as sarcasm, but I call it truth. Ted Cruz is caca, and so is your governor and most of your state governing apparatus. How’s the heat and water there these days?
Heat and water are fine here in the Great State of Texas!
Would have had no been no problems at all if our power plants had not been throttled by the federal government regulations. Also, if we weren’t depending in part on the wind turbines which are unreliable.
GFY
washington elitist swamp creature. they all think they are above the law. go away.
2020 kerrys wife still owns slaves in her homeland
Who cares? This is no big deal.
No one has to wear face nappies, they have become a western fetish.
This man is the most arrogant putz