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The return of a mask mandate on Capitol Hill has prompted a political fight in Congress, where Democrats from low-risk areas are complying while Republicans protest fiercely.<\/p>\n


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By <\/span>Nicholas Fandos<\/span> and Jonathan Weisman<\/span><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Late Tuesday night, after the attending physician of the Capitol declared that the \u201cPeople\u2019s House\u201d was once again under a mask mandate, the response from Republicans was immediate and emphatic.<\/p>\n

\u201cMake no mistake,\u201d the minority leader, Kevin McCarthy, wrote, \u201cThe threat of bringing masks back is not a decision based on science, but a decision conjured up by liberal government officials who want to continue to live in a perpetual pandemic state.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMore freedom. Less Fauci,\u201d quipped Representative Jim Jordan, Republican of Ohio, referring to Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, one of the right\u2019s favorite boogeymen.<\/p>\n

It was not clear what \u201cliberal government officials\u201d would get out of forcing Americans back into masks. Few relish donning their face coverings again. But the House mandate appeared to be playing out as a parable for the rest of the nation.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers from districts with low rates of infection and high rates of vaccination \u2014 many of them Democrats \u2014 are compliantly wearing their masks, while members of Congress from areas where the virus is spreading rapidly \u2014 including many Republicans \u2014 have resisted, or are wearing their masks under protest.<\/p>\n

In something of a twist, Republicans have co-opted a Democratic phrase and are insisting that they are the ones following the science, though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says its latest mask recommendations reflect the resurgent coronavirus, driven by a new, highly contagious variant ripping through unvaccinated populations.<\/p>\n

It has not started well. Asked about Mr. McCarthy\u2019s comments on Wednesday, Ms. Pelosi was overheard retorting, \u201cHe\u2019s such a moron.\u201d Ms. Pelosi\u2019s spokesman later said he could not verify her precise words, but clarified that she indeed felt that Mr. McCarthy\u2019s position \u201cis moronic.\u201d (She later softened her tone, saying the top Republican\u2019s position was \u201cnot wise.\u201d)<\/p>\n

\u201cIf she\u2019s so brilliant,\u201d Mr. McCarthy shot back, \u201ccan she tell me where the science in the building changes between the House and the Senate?\u201d<\/p>\n

The Senate has not mandated masks, adopting voluntary recommendations instead.<\/p>\n

For the C.D.C., the director, Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, said on Wednesday, the tipping point for reinstating the mask guidance was new evidence that vaccinated Americans with \u201cbreakthrough\u201d Covid-19 cases could infect others.<\/p>\n

\u201cVaccinated people who are the breakthroughs have the same amount of virus as the unvaccinated people,\u201d Dr. Walensky said on \u201cDoctor Radio Reports,\u201d a show on SiriusXM. \u201cAnd that is very much leading us to believe that it is probably the case that those vaccinated breakthrough infections, rare as they might be, have the potential to infect others.\u201d<\/p>\n

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