Mon Nov 22, 2021 – 6:32 pm EST
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — Freshman Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia says she has amassed a total of $63,000 in fines so far for refusing to wear a mask on the floor of the Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, but she has no intention of letting the penalties change her decisions.
Masks were required for lawmakers on the House floor last year in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 across the United States. The requirement was lifted this past summer after dissemination of the COVID vaccines but reinstated in July after a guidance from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC).
“I’m up to $63,000,” Greene told The Hill last week, explaining that the fines are automatically deducted from offending lawmakers’ pay. “I’m not vaccinated either. And I won’t be getting vaccinated. And that’s my own personal choice. I support people that want the vaccine. If anybody wanted one, I would drive them to go get one because I support people’s freedom to make their own decision. But I do not want to get the vaccine myself, and I don’t need to wear a mask. It’s
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