Dr. Fauci threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the season opener Thursday night between the Washington Nationals and the New York Yankees. It was a wild curve, which Fauci failed to flatten, but the pumped in crowd noise cheered anyway.
Just a bit outside Dr. Fauci 🤣 #OpeningDay pic.twitter.com/FGATQKT6PY
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) July 23, 2020
While fans were not allowed to attend the game, Dr. Fauci was permitted to stay, and watched the game from the stands. Unfortunately for him, a photographer present at the stadium captured him being hypocritical of his own social distancing recommendations, as he sat between two people while not wearing a mask.
Looks like Dr. Fauci forget to actually use his face mask while watching the Kaepernickers playing baseball. I’m sure the media will question him about it. After all, as he says, we’re in this together and everyone needs to obey the the science. H/T WTOPhttps://t.co/placCoe2E9 pic.twitter.com/uC9ZwZF2Lj
— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) July 24, 2020
This failure of Dr. Fauci to wear his mask in public comes on the heels of D.C. Mayor Bowser issuing a “universal” mask mandate that exempts federal employees, including Dr. Fauci, but there’s a catch.
According to the mask mandate, “The enforcement provisions of this Order shall not be applied to persons in the judicial or legislative branches of the District government while those persons are on duty; and shall not apply to any employees of the federal government while they are on duty.”
Fauci was most definitely not on duty during the Nationals game, and therefore, is clearly violating the mandate. With photographic evidence that Dr. Fauci was violating the mandate, he is now subject to a fine of up to $1,000.
Why do I have the feeling he won’t be paying any fine?
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Matt Margolis is the author of the new book Airborne: How The Liberal Media Weaponized The Coronavirus Against Donald Trump, and the bestselling book The Worst President in History: The Legacy of Barack Obama. You can follow Matt on Twitter @MattMargolis
