Quote:Alabama will become one of the next states to eliminate a government-imposed mandate that requires people wear masks in public, sources close to the matter told Breitbart News.

A source familiar with state deliberations confirmed that as soon as Friday but definitely in the coming days. Alabama will join several other states nationwide in removing its mandate requiring masks in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

GOP Gov. Kay Ivey’s office has not yet confirmed what sources familiar with the state’s planning and deliberations are, but a spokeswoman for Ivey told Breitbart News she was never a fan of mandates to begin with—a sign of the coming move.

“All along, Governor Ivey has made clear that she prefers personal responsibility to government mandates. We are optimistic that our state is heading in the right direction, and we still have some work to be done. Governor Ivey will provide an update to the people of Alabama soon,” an Ivey spokeswoman said.

The governor’s spokeswoman would not deny that she intends to lift the mask mandate on Friday, when the order is set to expire–but would not confirm the news either.

While this statement does not confirm outright what Ivey has planned—again, sources familiar with the deliberations confirmed to Breitbart News that she is planning to scrap the mask mandate—this development is significant as it comes on the heels of several other states ditching their own mask mandates.

Alabama Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth also released a statement on Wednesday urging Ivey to ditch the mask mandate once and for all:

Ivey could always back down ahead of the forthcoming announcement, and if she does it will be seen as cowering to democrats like President Joe Biden in Washington without following scientific advice and the leadership of other GOP-led states. Alabama Democrats are pressuring Ivey to cave to Biden and keep the mandate:

This week, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves—both Republicans—announced they are lifting their states’ mask mandates. They join 14 other states—Florida, South Dakota, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Tennessee—in not having mask mandates.

These red states’ decisions to ditch previously implemented mask mandates are a rebuke of Democrat President Joe Biden’s push to try to get Americans to wear masks for his first 100 days in office. Biden is not even through half of his first 100 days and already losing the confidence of a growing number of U.S. states rejecting his advice and guidance.

In response to the announcements from Texas and Mississippi, Biden lashed out at the White House on Wednesday falsely calling the people in those states subhuman.

“The last thing, the last thing we need is Neanderthal thinking that in the meantime, everything’s fine, take off your mask, forget it,” Biden said about Abbott’s and Reeves’s moves.

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Only Biden* and dems can make the south rise again.

Did Billy ever put one in Tennessee? Or did he just make it to where the county mayors could issue one if they want?

I dunno but Nashville is mostly open while Shelby County is mostly closed.

ANother great step for Alabama.

It should be a local issue.

(03-03-2021 08:59 PM)swagsurfer11 Wrote:  It should be a local issue.

Mask mandate or trans therapy?

The only reason to go to Alabama is to get to Florida.

I live in Alabama. The only time I wear a mask is when whatever building I walk into has a sign on the door requiring one. I went to dinner tonight, no sign on the door, mask stayed in my pocket. My local hospital went from 92 covid patients to 10 in 6 weeks.

(03-03-2021 10:06 PM)U_of_Elvis Wrote:  The only reason to go to Alabama is to get to Florida.

Keep it that way filth.

(03-03-2021 08:59 PM)swagsurfer11 Wrote:  It should be a local issue.

That's pretty much what is going on. Here in Florida I don't recall ever having a statewide mandate, it was left up to the municipalities. Some were fairly lenient on them, some had some draconian rules and still do. It just depends.

(03-03-2021 11:15 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(03-03-2021 10:06 PM)U_of_Elvis Wrote:  The only reason to go to Alabama is to get to Florida.

Keep it that way filth.

(03-03-2021 08:06 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  ANother great step for Alabama.

These are the kinds of actions that will thwart or at least complicate the communist's agenda. The feds have forgotten that they only have those powers granted them by the constitution, the rest are granted by the states.

Secession is looking better and better.

(03-04-2021 12:06 AM)No2rdame Wrote:  

(03-03-2021 08:59 PM)swagsurfer11 Wrote:  It should be a local issue.

That's pretty much what is going on. Here in Florida I don't recall ever having a statewide mandate, it was left up to the municipalities. Some were fairly lenient on them, some had some draconian rules and still do. It just depends.

The cities and hotspots have mask mandates. You need a gas and brake approach.

(03-04-2021 06:54 AM)swagsurfer11 Wrote:  

(03-04-2021 12:06 AM)No2rdame Wrote:  

(03-03-2021 08:59 PM)swagsurfer11 Wrote:  It should be a local issue.

That's pretty much what is going on. Here in Florida I don't recall ever having a statewide mandate, it was left up to the municipalities. Some were fairly lenient on them, some had some draconian rules and still do. It just depends.

The cities and hotspots have mask mandates. You need a gas and brake approach.

True, but many people were convinced that not having a national policy exacerbated the COVID spread.

Got a vaca planned for Fort Morgan in May. We pushed it forward from last august in the hopes that things would be more normal by spring 2021. Looks like we were right.
Can't wait for toes in the sand, beer in my hand...and the required visit to Tacky Jacks.

(03-04-2021 07:53 AM)mptnstr@44 Wrote:  Got a vaca planned for Fort Morgan in May. We pushed it forward from last august in the hopes that things would be more normal by spring 2021. Looks like we were right.
Can't wait for toes in the sand, beer in my hand...and the required visit to Tacky Jacks.

Have a Bushwacker for me!

I agree w/ shere---- keep the trash out of OBA and Gulf Shores.

(03-03-2021 11:15 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(03-03-2021 10:06 PM)U_of_Elvis Wrote:  The only reason to go to Alabama is to get to Florida.

Keep it that way filth.

You worried your sister/cousin is going to run off if someone new passes through town?

(03-04-2021 08:43 AM)U_of_Elvis Wrote:  

(03-03-2021 11:15 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(03-03-2021 10:06 PM)U_of_Elvis Wrote:  The only reason to go to Alabama is to get to Florida.

Keep it that way filth.

You worried your sister/cousin is going to run off if someone new passes through town?

not worried about a damn thing when filth like you pass through, but i suggest you keep going.

(03-04-2021 12:06 AM)No2rdame Wrote:  

(03-03-2021 08:59 PM)swagsurfer11 Wrote:  It should be a local issue.

That's pretty much what is going on. Here in Florida I don't recall ever having a statewide mandate, it was left up to the municipalities. Some were fairly lenient on them, some had some draconian rules and still do. It just depends.

Just the bar closures and restaurant restrictions were statewide.

(03-04-2021 07:53 AM)mptnstr@44 Wrote:  Got a vaca planned for Fort Morgan in May. We pushed it forward from last august in the hopes that things would be more normal by spring 2021. Looks like we were right.
Can't wait for toes in the sand, beer in my hand...and the required visit to Tacky Jacks.

We've already been to Gulf Shores twice since the pandemic started, and going again later this month. At no time did I see more than a handful of people wearing masks.

Tacky Jacks - ehhh it's decent, you can do better.