Alabama extends mask mandate 1 month, bucking other GOP-led states

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: The Hill

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) said Thursday she will extend her state's mask mandate for another month, a contrast with decisions from governors in Texas and Mississippi to lift orders.

Ivey noted that coronavirus cases and hospitalizations have fallen but said the time is not yet right to lift the mask order.

"Even with this positive news, Dr. Harris & I believe more Alabamians need to get their 1st shot before we take a step some other states have taken to remove the mask order altogether & lift all restrictions," she wrote on Twitter, referring to state health officer Scott Harris. "Folks, we're not there yet, but we're getting close."

The move sets up a split between Southern Republican governors on mask mandates and could be an indication more GOP governors will not follow Texas and Mississippi's leads right away.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/alabama-extends-mask-mandate-1-month-bucking-other-gop-led-states/ar-BB1efjp8?li=BBnbfcQ&ocid=DELLDHP

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Isn't there a saying in Alabama, "Thank God for Mississippi"?

[SergeStorms]

1. That's surprising.

Did Democrats sneak in and take over the government overnight? This is responsible governing, something not known to the garden variety republican.

[Stallion]

2. "Creeping Socialism" in Republican Party

[groundloop]

4. Gov. Ivey used to be a Democrat, until she decided she could get more votes as a GOPer.

And throughout the pandemic she's done a better job than most other GOPer governors. Next door, obviously Mississippi is horrible, and Kemp in Georgia has been awful as well (hopefully Stacey Abrams can help turn the Georgia Governors Mansion blue).

[rownesheck]

3. Wow.

I've always said I may live in awful Texas, but at least it ain't Alabama. I may have to rethink this...

[Stuckinthebush]

5. As an Alabamian...

I would have agreed with you back in the day. The refrain from Progressives around here now is "at least we aren't Texas or Mississippi".

But also as an Alabamian I can assure you that Alabama will one day soon say to Texas, "Hold my beer...."