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Radio host and former California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder
slammed California�s mask mandates as a �joke,� following Sunday�s
Super Bowl LVI during which multiple celebrities were seen maskless,
despite Los Angeles� other mask requirements.

�If you go to a restaurant here in L.A. County you are supposed to show
proof you�ve been vaccinated,� Larry Elder told Fox News� Bill Hemmer
on �America�s Newsroom.� �Walk in with a mask. Sit at a table, remove
the mask. All servers are wearing masks. As you saw at the Super Bowl,
78,000 people not wearing masks, although remember the L.A. mayor
wasn�t wearing a mask the other day at the NFC championship game. He
was holding his breath. 78,000 people were holding their breath the
entire game.�

�The whole thing is a joke,� Elder continued. �They were handing out
N-95 masks for everybody entering the stadium. The only concession
stand that didn�t make money was the facemask stands. Kids are going to
school now and have to wear masks. Come July, a mandate that all kids
have to be vaccinated and wear masks while the governor now is trying
to ease the mandates, but he is caught between a rock and a hard place�
I don�t know what the rules are.�

One figure who was the target of widespread criticism was Los Angeles
Democrat Mayor Eric Garcetti, who was again photographed at the Super
Bowl without a mask. When Garcetti was seen maskless at the NFC
Championship game, he claimed he was �holding his breath.� After
Garcetti�s second maskless moment in SoFi Stadium during the Super Bowl
� which requires mask-wearing indoors and outdoors during events with
more than 5,000 people � Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) mocked the mayor,
tweeting, �He�s really good at holding his breath.�

He�s really good at holding his breath.
https://t.co/6uaC0S9o4M

� Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 14, 2022

On February 2, asked about photos of him maskless with Los Angeles
Lakers icon Earvin �Magic� Johnson, Garcetti stated, �I�ll take
personal responsibility, and if it makes you and everyone else happy �
or even the photographs with people where literally I�m holding my
breath for two seconds � I won�t even do that,� Deadline reported.

�I wore my mask the entire game,� Garcetti protested. �When people ask
for a photograph, I hold my breath and I put it here and people can see
that. There is a zero percent chance of infection from that.�

He added, �I won�t pull it down for two seconds anymore � that�s easy.
But to me, it is crystal clear that nobody has been endangered by that
and I�m trying to model the good behavior of making sure we wear this
(for the) entire game,� The Daily Mail noted.

Other notable celebrities who attended the Super Bowl without masks
were LeBron James, Charlize Theron, Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck, Jay-Z,
Ellen DeGeneres, Will Ferrell, and Dwayne Johnson, a.k.a �The Rock.�

Yet kids around the country will be required to wear masks at
school this morning
pic.twitter.com/C9t8N2WKMs

� Fed Up (@Fedup2479) February 14, 2022

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