The New York Post is blasting Democrats as "hypocrites" over COVID-19 safeguards.
The newspaper made its comments in an editorial posted Thursday night.
"As the nation tires of quarantines, boredom and loneliness, the same politicians who find glee in slapping wrists, and dooming small businesses, regularly break the rules, in letter and in spirit, when they want to," the editorial read.
It cited California Gov. Gavin Newsom for dining maskless and indoors; Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot for having her hair done and joining in a celebration for Joe Biden; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., for being unmasked at a hair salon; Denver Mayor Michael Hancock for telling citizens not to travel, then boarding a plane to Mississippi; and Austin, Texas, Mayor Steve Adler recording a video from a timeshare in Cabo, Mexico, telling people to stay home.
The paper noted "there are so many more."
It said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was found to be "planning a family Thanksgiving that broke his own rules for everyone else (until he was called out for it).
"All these hypocrites are Democrats, and most of them proud progressives," the Post wrote.
"Proud posers is more like it.
"Hypocrisy is by no means limited to the left side of the spectrum; you can even argue that violations in secret (until they got caught) are just simple human failing. But many of these politicians flaunted their rule-breaking in public, only to cite some B.S. reason why it was OK."
Jeffrey Rodack ✉
Jeffrey Rodack, who has nearly a half century in news as a senior editor and city editor for national and local publications, has covered politics for Newsmax for nearly seven years.
© 2024 Newsmax. All rights reserved.