There was no social distancing and no facemask for Governor Phil Murphy when he visited Rutgers University this week. The Governor held a public town hall on the campus and later got close and personal with the students. Murphy posed in a tight group that lacked the recommended six-foot distancing.
While both the state health department and the CDC recommend both vaccinated and unvaccinated people to wear a face mask when not able to social distance with people outside of their family unit, Murphy ignored that recommendation to get in a tightly packed group of college students for a photo op.
While few in New Jersey will contend there’s anything wrong with it, many had issues with Murphy’s double standards when it comes to pandemic health rules.
Students in public schools and now pre-schoolers as young as two years old must wear face masks according to executive orders signed by the governor. Many in New Jersey took notice of Murphy bending the rules for himself.
“I guess COVID-19 stops at the Building door. What a Hypocrite,” said Martin B. Welzmuller.
“Where’s your mask? Stop the insanity! Masks for 2-year-olds but not for you? Insanity at its best! Anyone voting for you is not informed….knucklehead,” said Jeannie Engel.
“Where’s your mask where’s the social distancing oh you expect babies in Child Care to wear them but not yourself and half of these college kids makes sense,” Alex Marie questioned.
“Why isn’t he masked around all of the children that, according to him, are at such a high risk? what a joke,” posted Katilin Warren.
In total, Murphy’s Facebook photo op post received 5,800 responses, most of which were pointing out the governor’s double standards during the pandemic.
Many took issue with Murphy’s recent mandate that will force daycare centers to enforce mask mandates on children as young as two years old.
