Blue states are dropping mask mandates and the DCCC says “it’s time to give people their lives back,” but most Democratic Senate candidates are hesitant to change their messaging on Covid-19
Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, among the most vulnerable Democrats defending seats this year, is the exception to Senate Democrats’ refusal to talk about rolling back pandemic restrictions. | Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesThis week’s Democratic memo that voters want a return to normalcy hasn’t reached the party’s Senate candidates.
A spokesperson for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee declined to comment about the organization’s Covid-19 messaging, a stark contrast with remarks made this week by Rep., the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee who said “it’s time to give people their lives back.” Adam Laxalt, the Republican frontrunner in the race who had criticized Cortez Masto in recent days for her silence on the issue, tweeted in response to her position that only the “political science” had changed, noting that by the state’s own criteria, Covid-19 transmission is still high in Nevada.
Even in a Democratic stronghold like Washington state, Republicans see opportunity in the politics of masking, convinced that Americans are ready to get on with life — beginning with an end to mask mandates. In a contest that some Republicans insist could be competitive in 2022, GOP Senate candidate Tiffany Smiley is zeroing in on Democratic Sen.Senate HELP Chair Patty Murray talks to reporters in the Capitol.
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