7 Things: Ivey rebukes Biden on mask mandates, CDC warns another big spike in coronavirus cases is coming, elected officials tour area devastated by tornadoes and more …

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March 30, 2021

7. Million dollar ad buy targets Mo Brooks and other congressmen

In a $1 million television and digital ad buy, the Republican Accountability Project is targeting six Republican U.S. Representatives, including U.S. Representative Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville), that they claim “encouraged a deadly attack” at the U.S. Capitol.
Others also targeted in these ads are U.S. Representatives Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and Madison Cawthorn (R-NC). The ad claims these representatives “lied” that the election was stolen and “voted to overturn the will of American voters.”

6. Hollywood is targeting another red state … again

Georgia has been called Hollywood’s “southern campus,” and that has caused multiple attempts to interfere in the state’s politics by California’s liberals. The latest attempt comes as media misinformation fuels the narrative that voter suppression is rampant in the Peach State. For context, 75% of Americans favor voter ID and 69% of black voters do as well.
This is hardly the first time that liberals have decided that red states are doing things they deem unacceptable. Previous incursions into Georgia from Hollywood on gay marriage, Confederate flags, transgender issues and more have been relatively fruitless, but the elections of Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock might have given them new life.

5. The green new deal will dictate infrastructure decisions

U.S. Representative Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) is speaking out about what’s happening in Washington, D.C., saying, “The Republic is in great danger.” He added that Democrats “are doing things that will gut the Constitution.”
Palmer also touched on issues surrounding infrastructure legislation, mentioning the $3 trillion infrastructure plan that he said “will be largely dictated by the Green New Deal ideas that Democrats have been pushing.” Palmer also said that he’s “anticipating some energy taxes as they continue their all-out assault on fossil fuels.” He also focused on how this just further increases cost for those “who already pay a disproportionate percentage of their disposable income on just heating and cooling their homes, keeping the lights on.”

4. Amazon union vote to be announced today

On Monday, workers at the Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama, voted on whether to join a union, and the final decision through the vote is expected to be announced today. A majority of workers have to vote “yes” for them to try and form a union.
The push to unionize in Bessemer has gained national attention as politicians like U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) have supported the movement.

3. Elected officials visit tornado-devastated areas

Recently, tornadoes have caused significant damage in areas in Alabama, and on Monday Governor Kay Ivey, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-Saks) toured the devastated areas.
Ivey visited Shelby, Hale, and Calhoun Counties, while Tuberville and Rogers visited Calhoun County. Ivey said, “While our state took a punch, a bad punch, and mourns those lost, this is a time when Alabamians show what we’re made of.”

2. Hospitals will be totally overwhelmed this time, for real

Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Rochelle Walensky is warning people not to let up on coronavirus precautions yet, saying at a White House briefing that she has a “recurring feeling of impending doom.”
Walensky’s warning is about the threat of another coronavirus spike as vaccine numbers increase and some states have started to relax government-mandated precautions. However, as vaccine supply has increased, most states are expected to be able to expand eligibility by or before May 1, as President Joe Biden has requested.

1. Ivey isn’t changing her mind on the mask mandate

While President Joe Biden has been calling for Alabama “to maintain and reinstate the mask mandate,” Governor Kay Ivey has insisted that the statewide mask mandate will end permanently on April 9.
Ivey’s press secretary Gina Maiola said, “We have made progress, and we are moving towards personal responsibility and common sense, not endless government mandates.”