moment including an interview with nikki haley former ambassador. first we go back to david spunt in washington and the changing face of mask politics. it certainly is changing. next month marks two years since the majority of states entered into lockdown mode. about a month ago omicron cases were rising sky high but now governors are reigning things in and tonight somebody who wants to be governor in georgia is facing calls of hypocrisy. if a picture is worth a thousand words, expect many of those words too be critical after georgia gubernatorial candidate stacey abrams posed maskless boo surrounded by young children. opponents quick to criticize. david perdue hosting image at the top of twitter profile page with the words unmask our kids. abrams has been vocally mask and fired back. shameful using black month reading event for georgia
and we are doing everything we can possibly do to stop it. and he mentioned the school going virtual. this is the heartbreaking thing about all of this. the restrictions were being lifted. those kids have only been in school for a few weeks. businesses in this area, especially restaurants, just allowed to open in the last few days. they re closed, ana. they re closed because of this protest. and as you heard, many people now saying it just absolutely has to end. paula newton in ottawa, thank you. georgia gubernatorial candidate stacey abrams is pushing back after being criticized for this now-deleted photo of her without a mask in this classroom full of elementary students. the abrams campaign suggests the attacks are politically motivated saying in a statement, it is shameful that our opponents are using a black history month reading event for georgia children as the impetus for a false political attack. abrams campaign also told the atlanta journal constitution that she wore a
georgia gubernatorial candidate stacey abrams facing criticism of a picture of her maskless in front of a class that is masked. it is shameful they are using a back history month reading event for georgia children as the impetus for a false political attack, and it is pitiful and predictable that our opponents continue to look for opportunities to distract from their failed records when it comes to protecting public health during the pandemic. how do you think she did there? she wore her mask as everybody has opined since then, took it off for the photo, and realized that was a mistake.
well, people look at that and says it doesn t make any sense. it s crazy. the broader picture of course bret is that the efficacy of these masks is really not particularly well established scientifically. they there have only been a couple of studies done related to this pandemic. there was also mixed at best. so you have the formula there for that picture becoming a powerful symbol of what makes people upset about all of this. bret: the abrams campaign says it s shameful that our opponents are using a black history month reading event for georgia children as impetus for false political attack. pitiful opponents look for opportunities to distract from failed records and continues on. brit: not in any way explaining why she didn t have a mask on when everybody else had to which means i think that her statement is more words than response. bret: is this really shifting we mentioned the california decision. kind of a marshall but other states are moving further, for
president trump and all of the key enablers around him. i m not willing to let them off the hook because if we let them off the hook, it can and it will happen again. we have to be extremely clear and honest about them. communicate that relentlessly and say we re not going to let it happen on our watch. all right, congressman jason crow, thank you for the conversation tonight. thanks, pamela. stacy abrams, a democratic candidate for georgia governor, faces criticism tonight for what she didn t put on her face. these are pictures that both abrams and the principal of an atlanta-area elementary school tweeted out last week. abrams was attending a black history month reading event, and you can seep the children in the class are wearing masks. teachers, staff, and guests in the class are wearing masks. stacey abrams is not. the event was in decatur, that city and school district, have mask mandates. since the backlash started abrams has deleted the tweet and