Phoenix has mandatory masks....the mayor waived it for the trump event.

[spanone]

Phoenix Mayor Gallego: Mask policy won’t be enforced at Trump event

PHOENIX — Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego said on Sunday that the city’s policy requiring face masks to be worn in public will not be enforced during President Donald Trump’s upcoming event at a Valley megachurch.

“We are not going to be focused on enforcement during the rally,” Gallego said during an appearance on CNN.

She added that she is hopeful Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey — who will attend the event — will take the opportunity to set an example regarding mask usage.
“We would hope that our governor … can send a strong message,” she said.

By a 7-2 vote, the Phoenix City Council issued a declaration Friday requiring those within city limits to wear a face covering when they are in public to curb further spreading of the coronavirus.

https://ktar.com/story/3320997/phoenix-mayor-gallego-mask-policy-wont-be-enforced-at-trump-event/

[malaise]

1. Do you think are going to try to force the megachurch members to attend

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People cannot be that gullible - this is worse than Jim Jones although people will simply leave the church.

Dems need some ads on this one - no church has the right to expose people to this virus. Family first not first family only

reworded as a question

[spanone]

5. The Mayor is a Democrat....WTF?

Phoenix Mayor Gallego

[malaise]

7. Yes she is a Democrat - she should not allow this

Still ACLU should question whether members of this Megachurch are being forced to attend.

And Dems should be on talk radio in Arizona pounding this issue.

[spanone]

8. Here's an interview with her....she's concerned but says they won't enforce it at the event....?

Link to tweet

1/3 of AZ’s #COVID cases came in last week. Every new case is someone’s loved one—we must not become desensitized. Elected officials should send the strongest message possible, in both their words and actions, that our fight against this virus is not over.

[sweetloukillbot]

12. She pretty much makes it clear that enforcing at an event with 10K people is impossible

She's also made it clear that she doesn't think the event should go forward.

[spanone]

14. It's 3000 capacity. It's a $250 fine for anyone else. Talk is cheap.

[sweetloukillbot]

17. Nonetheless, there is a SIGNIFICANT difference

Between a bar with a capacity of 50, and a megachurch.
Also, Arizona's policy is first time warning. Then fines UP TO $250.
Quit making it like Mayor Gallego is playing favorites for Trump. She's in an impossible situation by the President and Gov. Ducey.
We can all entertain fantasies about A cop going up and giving Trump a ticket, or shutting down the church (and likely causing a riot).
But it ain't gonna happen. And it's foolish to think it will.

[spanone]

19. Yes it is SIGNIFICANT. 3000 people in a church is much worse than a bar.

[sweetloukillbot]

22. Agreed it is much worse than a bar. And exponentially harder to enforce.

The reality is that it shouldn't happen, the people organizing it should step up and cancel it.
But cops aren't going to ticket 3000 attendees, including the President, at the rally. To expect that to happen is a fantasy. Not because they shouldn't, not because the mayor gave a special dispensation (which she didn't), but because it is a logistical nightmare.
What is likely going to happen is that there will be people there passing out information about the risks of not wearing masks, as well as the bare minimum precautions taken in Tulsa (temp checks and free masks).

[Tipperary]

9. How can they force them?

[sweetloukillbot]

11. I'm curious about that too, since this poster is the first place I've heard this nt

[Tipperary]

13. Yeah, well, We can wait for an answer.

[malaise]

20. I reworded as a question

Heard this from someone who should know but don't have a link

[hack89]

23. She has no choice.

Trump and every Republican office holder in Arizona would love the opportunity to publicly ignore and humiliate her. Which is exactly what would happen. This is not a fight she can win.

[sweetloukillbot]

27. Nope, It's DU, we've gotta blame the Democrat

Rather than the Republicans who are going forward with the event.

[sweetloukillbot]

10. Source for "forcing the members of the church to attend?"

Cause I live in Phoenix and have heard jack shit about church members being forced to attend this. The church didn't even know it was a Trump rally until after it agreed to it. A third party group (Teens for Trump or some such nonsense) booked the venue.

[Nevilledog]

2. And the basis for the exemption would be?

I hate this state.

[hlthe2b]

3. Ok to propagate in church, I guess.

[LeftInTX]

4. Why does Trump always get a pass?? I'm sick of this shit

Maybe Trump can get a pass on the fact that he is "tested every day", but why should attendants get a pass?

[SoonerPride]

21. This.

Two sets of rules for EVERYTHING.

his special treatment shit must STOP

[hack89]

24. Because she can't win

do you think they will peacefully comply? Do you think she is going to arrest Trump when he shows up? Trump would love an opportunity to publicly humiliate a democratic mayor and there is literally nothing that will stop him.

[LeftInTX]

25. He can always claim an exemption due to his daily testing and social distancing.

Attendees can be screened at the door.

We have a mandatory mask requirement. The penalty is a fine. It is a civil thing. No one gets arrested.

[hack89]

28. Picking fights you can't win is stupid

She has only has so much political capital. This is not the time to waste it. A bunch of cops are not going to go there and start writing citations. It would set off a political shit show that will accomplish nothing.

[Ms. Toad]

6. Just like Mayo, only worse.

Not only is the idiot-in-chief exempt, everyone else is too.

[soothsayer]

15. Church hopes it has an anti-Covid air handling system

Luckily “Students for Trump” are youngish.

Good luck to all.

[soothsayer]

16. Read more

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213636341

[sfstaxprep]

18. She's Simply A Coward

Coward Of The County

[Miguelito Loveless]

26. Coward.