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Far (left) be it for 7th聽District U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) to suggest on that COVID-19 vaccines and masks don鈥檛 work 鈥� that would make her a party pariah.

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But when she compared elevator etiquette and going without a mask to those who seek to 鈥渦ndermine democracy鈥� like the 鈥淛an. 6 insurrectionists,鈥� it does make me wonder.

Rep. Jayapal is double-vaccinated against COVID-19. She wears a mask. In other words, she is coated with not one, but two levels of anti-COVID armor. And yet she still freaks out about getting on an elevator in Washington, D.C., with someone who is not wearing a mask.

鈥淭his is about wearing a mask, which is mandated in the Capitol 鈥� it is mandated in the Capitol,鈥� she told the CNN host. 鈥淚t is to protect our safety, our collective safety, the safety of our staffers 鈥︹��

鈥淭his has happened to me,鈥� she continued, 鈥渨here you get on an elevator and people refuse to wear a mask and your choices are to get off the elevator, or to get on the elevator and tell them to wear a mask.

鈥淚 really believe that our colleagues (who) refuse to even adhere to the basic norms of civility are undermining our democracy and, of course, we鈥檙e seeing it in more serious ways, like the Jan. 6 insurrection is part of that and part of the attempt to take down a legitimate democracy from functioning in the way it should,鈥� she said.

Is that a tiny bit of hysteria?

Full disclosure: I forgot my mask when I went to the grocery store earlier this week. Am I ruining democracy?

Listen to Dori鈥檚 Big Lead and Rep. Jayapal鈥檚 comments about masks in elevators here:

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