Libertarian' Republicans Love Local Control, Unless It's About COVID Safety

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Libertarian’ Republicans Love Local Control, Unless It’s About COVID Safety

VICE-SIGNALING


Nicholas Sarwark

Updated Feb. 05, 2022 7:37AM ET Published Feb. 04, 2022 11:46PM ET 

OPINION

https://www.thedailybeast.com/libertarian-republicans-love-local-control-unless-its-about-covid-safety?ref=home

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The Big Board, a D.C. bar and restaurant known for its innovative beer-pricing system, has an owner opposed to District of Columbia’s regulations requiring masking and proof of vaccination from indoor patrons.

After receiving complaints, warnings, suspension of their liquor license, and a Health Department inspection that found food safety violations in their kitchen (including mold buildup in a refrigerator), most business owners would have complied with the regulations to avoid getting shut down by local authorities. Instead, they started a GoFundMe and invited a handful of Republican lawmakers to eat burgers and pose for sympathetic press to signal solidarity against masks and mandates.

It’s no surprise that the Big Board got their liquor license suspended for violating COVID-19 ordinances, nor that they got inspected by the Health Department, since they publicly announced that they had no intentions of complying with the rules. Daring bureaucrats to enforce the law is not a great strategy for staying in business.

Two of the lawmakers, Sen. Rand Paul and Rep. Thomas Massie, are Kentucky Republicans with dedicated followings among conservatives and libertarians. They have made principled speeches in Congress against military adventurism, deficits and debt, and overbearing federal regulations. On issues ranging from guns to abortion, they vocally advocate for the federal government to get out of the way, and for states and cities to engage in greater local control.

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[zaj]

1. Kochs hijacked both Libertarian and Republican parties

They are now just corrupt, abusive authoritarian parties now.

[Thomas Hurt]

2. My "libertarian" extended family whine and b*tch about the media coverage of the great Canadian vax,

protest but have nothing to say about books being burned, or pulled from libraries.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. Health code violations are serious.

They should be shut down immediately.

I've done volunteer work at my local homeless shelter, cooking and serving meals. I've had the privilege of being there when a health code person has been on the premises, and learned important things about food safety. Nowadays, whenever I freeze anything, I label and date it.

When I watch shows like Restaurant Impossible, I'm often astonished that a given restaurant has apparently not been shut down for code violations.