Fri Apr 8, 2022 – 5:30 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – A District of Columbia bar is reopening after being shut down by local officials for refusing to follow the city’s since-rescinded COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private businesses.
On January 28, the D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration suspended the liquor license of the Big Board, one of the only local businesses to defy Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser’s January 15 mandate that gyms, restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues check the vaccination status of any patrons age 12 or older. The move sparked outrage among many, including Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky.
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On February 14, Bowser announced that the business mandate would end the next day (though a vaccine mandate would remain in place for healthcare workers and local government employees), a reversal that came amid some Democrats beginning to heed advice that COVID mandates are political liabilities going into this fall’s midterm elections. The bar won back its liquor license the following month, and has since announced that its doors are open once again.
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