Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), and Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) challenged their pay getting docked after they failed to comply with a simple COVID-19 mask requirement on the chamber floor. The three House Republicans wanted to own the libs by putting the health of others at risk. Still, the Supreme Court wasn't sympathetic to the trios constitutional challenge and let stand a lower ruling without any noted dissents.
What did Donald Trump, a serial bankruptcy filer, say recently? Pay your bills, or you're out. Or doesn't that apply to Republicans fined $500 in May 2021?
The Hill reports:
House rules fined lawmakers $500 for their first infraction with the mask mandate, and $2,500 for subsequent breaches. It would be withdrawn from their yearly pay. Greene racked up more than $100,000 in fines, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The lawmakers were protesting the House floor mask mandate, highlighting the fact the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had recently said individuals who are fully vaccinated do not need to wear masks in most public settings. At the time, Norman said he had been vaccinated, Greene would not reveal her status, and Massie said he would not get the jab because he had COVID-19 antibodies from a previous bout with the illness.
