Rules for Thee But Not for Me

Elizabeth Harrington

it seems I’m not the only one who’s tiring of the rank hypocrisy coming from our elected leadership. Elizabeth Harrington, spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, put together a Twitter thread of the most egregious violators of the covid rules they championed.

Philly Mayor Jim Kenney gets to eat inside in Maryland

"while restaurants here in Philly close, suffer, and fight for every nickel to survive," writes restaurateur Marc Vetri

Clearly it's all about our health 🙄 pic.twitter.com/0Dhu92Fwec
— Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) September 2, 2020

Gretchen Whitmer's husband gets to non-essentially travel to open up their second home and try to take the boat out for Memorial Day

"I am the husband to the governor, will this make a difference?"

As long as you're a Democrathttps://t.co/vVN20IKLPQ
— Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) September 2, 2020

J.B. Pritzker and family can go back and forth to their horse farm in Wisconsin and their estate in Florida

But you can't travel. And only 2 to a boat https://t.co/ITY6fYUX5y
— Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) September 2, 2020

We can be fined $1,000 for not wearing a mask *outside*

But of course Mayor Bower's mask mandate does not apply to government workers https://t.co/BhNrR4zOob
— Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) September 2, 2020

The people who say we have to reduce air travel will always fly private

The people who say we can't have guns will always hire private security

They can go out of state to funerals (that the rest of us aren't allowed to have) and they don't have to quarantine

Drain the swamp!
— Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) September 2, 2020

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