Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Monday addressed the debate over coronavirus mandates, following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) controversial guidance telling vaccinated Americans to mask up, by asserting there should be “no COVID mandates” — especially no mask or vaccine mandates.
“The Biden administration wants every American to wear a mask. Doesn’t matter if you’ve been vaccinated. Even if you’ve been vaccinated, they say you got to wear a mask,” Cruz said in the video, which featured news clips of the CDC’s controversial guidance recommending fully vaccinated people to wear masks “if you are in an area of substantial or high transmission.” The CDC is also recommending children and staff wear masks in school regardless of vaccination status.
“This is, not to put too fine a point on it, crap. This isn’t science,” Cruz said, adding there should be “no COVID mandates.”
“No vaccine mandates. The government has no business forcing you to take this vaccine. No mask mandates and no vaccine passports,” he continued.
While the Texas Republican said “vaccines work” and acknowledged that he has been vaccinated, he emphasized that it was a “personal choice.”
