The head of the House Democratic campaign organization warned members of his party Thursday against “falling in love” with COVID-19 restrictions as many states start scrapping mask mandates. “We as Democrats should not be, out of some sense of correctness, falling in love with mandates when they aren’t necessary,” Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) insisted on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “We should get rid of them as quickly as we responsibly can.”Maloney added that he agreed with Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to lift New York’s statewide mask mandate, a move he called “science-based,” and said the country has reached the point where “mandates — and that’s the point, not mask-wearing — mandates are no longer necessary” due to “vaccines, booster shots, other treatments, and available testing.”
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