The Democratic mayor of New Orleans was photographed partying without a mask at Mardi Gras festivities last week – just seven days after reinstating mask mandates for the rest of the city.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell, 49, could be seen mugging unencumbered by a face covering on February 18 with publicists, politicians and just about anyone else while wearing a sparkly, beaded silver frock at the Mayor’s Mardi Gras Ball at Gallier Hall in the city’s Business District.
The mayor was unrepentant after becoming the most recent Democrat to flout their own mask mandate.
‘While we did not see perfect adoption of the guidelines in every instance over the weekend, we were encouraged overall by the level of masking and vigilance we saw on the parade route and at ball events,’ the mayor said in a statement, without acknowledging her behavior.
In one video, she dances on a 360-degree photo platform documenting her own violation of the Covid-19 protocol that she put into place on February 11.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell, far right, flouted mask mandates that she put in place at a Mardi Gras event that she hosted
The only time that masks can be off indoors in a public setting is if the person is eating or drinking, but none of the photos show her doing that.
The city’s mask rules have been on and off for the last two years; the last time it was lifted was in October 2021.
Mardi Gras, the biggest yearly event on the city’s calendar, is March 1, but parties, parades and celebrations lead up weeks prior to the bacchanal.
The infection rates in the Big Easy jumped with the Omicron wave and remains at nine percent.
Mayor Cantrell in a silver beaded dress being documented violating mask mandates at an indoor Mardi Gras celebration
The infection rates in the Big Easy jumped with the Omicron wave and remains at 9 percent. Mayor Cantrell, on the left, ignored her own Covid-19 restriction
Mayor Cantrell hosted a ‘Mayor’s Ball’ at Grallier Hall, seen here, in which most of the participants were photographed not wearing masks
The invitation to the Mayor’s ball even specifies that masks must be worn
‘Rules for thee, not for me,’ Twitter user Collin Palma wrote.
‘ANOTHER HYPOCRITE. I still have to wear a mask in my downtown office and proof of vax for restaurants,’ Lisa Schmidt, posted on the social media platform.
The mayor’s office shrugged off Twitter outrage.
Researchers have found wearing a mask could lower the risk by up to 225 times, compared to solely relying on a six-foot rule.
Democratic politicians across the country are running afoul of strict Covid-19 protocols that they have put into place.
California Gov. Gavin Newsome, San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti were busted without masks at a San Francisco 49ers game against the L.A. Rams.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed (left), Johnson (center) and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (right) smile for the camera without masks in defiance of county and private rules
Magic Johnson and California Governor Gavin Newsom were among the high-profile figures spotted without masks during Sunday’s NFL game in Los Angeles
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has come under fire after she shared a photo of herself, maskless, at what appears to be a bar for the.
Although mask mandates were lifted for indoor venues, they were still in place for schools and state-run facilities.
New York Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman, center, was pictured without a face mask at a recent visit to New Rochelle High School, despite the students being forced to wear one
New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman dropped into New Rochelle High School on January 31, where he was snapped barefaced.
Big Apple Mayor Eric Adams took a hit around the same time after he showed up in an Italian restaurant in the Bronx without a mask.
Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams sparked outrage on Twitter after she shared a picture of her maskless and surrounded by dozens of masked children during a visit to an elementary school last week
Famously, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez came down with the bug after she was spotted partying in Miami without a mask.
Georgia gubernatorial hopeful Stacy Abrams pushed back hard when she was photographed without a covering at an Atlanta elementary school in early February.
‘It is shameful that our opponents are using a Black History Month reading event for Georgia children as the impetus for a false political attack,’ she said in a statement.
Ocasio-Cortez’s positive diagnosis comes days after the self-proclaimed democratic socialist bashed a host of Republican personalities who took issue with a photo posted to social media showing her dining maskless at the Florida bar with her boyfriend Riley Roberts on Dec. 30
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