[See NewsBusters for more.] As even blue states start to lift their mask mandates, MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell clung to the airplane mask mandate on her Thursday show as she condemned the "toxic" discourse, "false notions of freedom," and Republicans for not being onboard with a plan to create a no fly list for unruly passengers.
During a segment with former Biden advisor Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Mitchell wondered why, almost two years into COVID-related regulations, people people are over mask mandates, "Now, I want to ask you about also, you know, some of the political outrage over masking that still, you know, has infected our—our-- country. It really is toxic, to—to-- mix my metaphors here and Republicans are now dead fast against creating a federal no fly list that some airlines want for unruly passengers saying that, you know, this is out of control. The flight attendants are at risk. Flights are at risk. The majority of recent infractions have been in relation to the mask mandate."