Dem Gubernatorial Candidate Posts Message Cheering the End of the Travel Mask Mandate – It Doesn’t Go Well

A Democratic candidate for governor in 🌴Florida is receiving backlash after tweeting a message celebrating the end of the federal mask mandate for public transportation.

On Tuesday, 🌴Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried tweeted a picture of herself maskless on a plane.

“Peace out to the TSA mask mandate, but also peace and respect to others, whether wearing a mask or not,” Fried wrote.

However, some Twitter users were not too pleased with the message she was sending.

Kendall Brown, a healthcare advocate, responded, “Hey Nikki, quick question: How is this you showing ‘peace and love’ to the disabled and immunocompromised Floridians you’re asking to vote for you?”

“You know, the people who can no longer even CONSIDER traveling by air (even when necessary) because of the mask mandate repeal?” she added.

Meanwhile, LGBTQ activist Charlotte Clymer wrote, “Commissioner Fried, countless physicians have expressed alarm in the past 24 hours over why a basic public health measure was nuked by one of the rare federal judges to be deemed “unqualified” by the ABA and this is your response.”

“It’s disappointing. I will not be donating again,” she added.

Check out some of the other responses below:

https://twitter.com/DianaGHealth/status/1516609607405297664

Fried later responded to the comments, writing, “I’ll read all your takes, but the mandates are dropped, vaccines are working, things are getting back to normal, and it’s okay for a Democrat to say it — because we made it possible.”

“I love y’all,” she added with a heart emoji.