Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler says it would have been child abuse for parents not to mask 2-year-olds before COVID-19 vaccines were available



Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York unabashedly expressed support for mandatory masking for 2-year-old children, asserting that parents would have been committing child abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic if they opted not to mask their 2-year-old kids because masks were the only option to protect those young people when there was not yet a vaccine available for them.

Nadler, who noted that in the past he had to be vaccinated before going to school, spoke in favor of vaccine mandates. He said vaccinations are necessary "to prevent diseases" as well as "pandemics."

The long-serving left-wing lawmaker who has been in office for over three decades said that a nurse caring for patients could transmit disease and should be required to be vaccinated. Getting vaccinated "not only protects her, it protects against transmission," he claimed, adding that health care workers "certainly" should be required to get vaccinated.

"Your 2-year-old should be forced to be masked. That is what the Ranking Member ... just said," Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas declared, adding that Nadler was saying the federal government should be involved in requiring 2-year-old kids to wear masks.

"Chip having a field day!" TheBlaze's Daniel Horowitz tweeted in response to a clip of Roy's remarks.

\u201cChip having a field day!\u201d
— Daniel Horowitz (@Daniel Horowitz) 1686775520

"Thank you, @chiproytx for your steadfast calling out of the Covid cult!" someone else tweeted.

"When your adversary is losing - let him," Roy tweeted.

"They have no regrets about harming kids in the name of COVID. If given the chance…they'll do it again," the DeSantis War Room Twitter account tweeted.

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Mom and her 6 kids kicked off JetBlue flight because 2-year-old wouldn't wear mask



A mother and her six children were booted from a JetBlue flight this week, because her 2-year-old little girl refused to wear a mask in accordance with the airline's policy.

The mother says the experience was humiliating and "traumatizing" for her children and her husband is threatening legal action, but JetBlue stands by its decision.

What are the details?

New York mom Chaya Bruck, 39, and her children boarded a JetBlue plane in Florida headed to Newark on Wednesday, when the flight crew told Bruck her toddler must wear a face mask in order to travel. But Bruck explained that the girl — who had a pacifier in her mouth at the time — refused and pushed off her mask whenever the mother tried to put it on her.

The Washington Examiner reported that "video of the Wednesday interaction shows Bruck pleading with flight attendants to let her remain on the flight, with other passengers supporting her fight to keep the family on the plane."

After Bruck resisted leaving, the captain ordered every passenger to get off the plane. Bruck, her children, and other passengers who defended them were not allowed back on, leaving the family stranded. They were eventually able to catch a flight home five hours later through United Airlines.

"I'm not a confrontational person, I didn't want any trouble," Bruck later recalled to Fox News. "I just wanted to get home with my six kids after a family vacation and this put a damper on our experience."

"My kids started crying. They got scared," the mother added. "They didn't know what was going on. It was very traumatizing."

JetBlue Airways' corporate communications manager, Derek Dombrowski, told the outlet in a statement, "During these unprecedented times, our first priority is to keep crew members and customers safe, and we've quickly introduced new safety policies and procedures throughout the pandemic."

He noted that the airline's "face covering policy was updated most recently on Aug. 10 to ensure everyone is wearing a face-covering – adults and children alike – to help prevent the spread of coronavirus." The spokesman reiterated, "Children age 2 and over must wear a face covering, consistent with CDC guidelines, which say 'Masks should not be worn by children under the age of 2.'"

But Bruck's husband pointed out to The Yeshiva World that JetBlue's own website stated Wednesday that "small children who are not able to maintain a face covering are exempt" from the mandatory mask policy. The language on the website now reads, "all travelers 2 years and older must wear a face covering over their nose and mouth throughout their journey, including during check-in, boarding, while in flight and deplaning."

Mr. Brucks says he is hiring an attorney and plans to file a federal lawsuit against the airline over the incident.