Why Jail? Are there no tumbrils? No guillotines?
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San Francisco Mayor London Breed explains why it’s essential for politicians to dine at Napa Valley’s French Laundry: “because we can”.
Steven Kruiser: Time to start jailing lawmakers who break their own COVID Rules
As we are all now well aware, there are more than a few who have. California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s mask-free mini-superspreader event at the pricey French Laundry is the most infamous of these recent transgressions.
In New York, Gov. Andrew “Fredo the Elder” Cuomo told the good citizens of his state to avoid traveling to see their families for Thanksgiving or having their families travel to see them. After a few days of his finger-wagging, it was discovered that he was going to bring in his 89-year-old mother for Turkey Day. Mrs. Cuomo is one of the few elderly people in New York who wasn’t sent by her son to die in a nursing home. It pays to be connected.
Another Thanksgiving related “rules for thee but not for me” incident involved Denver’s mayor, Michael Hancock. After passing along his version of the “stay at home to save lives” message, Hancock jumped on a plane and flew to Mississippi to see his daughter.
California gave us two more “Let them eat cake” moments, one involving Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, and the other San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo.
Most of the politicians getting caught are Democrats. I say “most” simply to cover my rear end.
These are just some of the ones who have been caught. I don’t doubt for a moment that many more have broken the rules but decided to be stealthier about it. It’s only the uber-arrogant politicians like Gavin Newsom who don’t bother to avoid being found out.
There’s a good reason for that: Newsom and company know that they won’t be held accountable for anything. The merely need to issue an insincere, apologetic press statement then they can get back to playing dictators again. Heck, in Cuomo’s case he didn’t even have to apologize. He’s the governor with the highest body count in the country and he’s getting a freakin’ award.
Maybe it’s time they did have to face the music.
I’d start with the Queen of Lockdown, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, whose husband, with her knowledge, left their home at least twice last spring at the height of her first draconian shelter-in-place order to visit their out-of-state horse farm and to launch their powerboat (even though Lady Gretchen had forbidden the use of boat motors on her state’s waterways).
