House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hasn’t been the most consistent American politician when it comes to coronavirus precautions, and a prominent member of her own party is now calling her out over it.

Pelosi made headlines several weeks ago after CCTV footage from a hair salon in San Francisco leaked to the public, depicting a mask-less Pelosi sauntering around a hair salon during a shampoo and blow-dry appointment.  While this may not seem like a terribly controversial situation, local leaders in San Fran had issued an ordinance that forbid indoor hair appointments of any kind.  Given Madam Speaker’s hardline stance on COVID-19, the incident gave her political opponents an opportunity to call her a hypocrite.

Now, as a new group of freshman Congresspersons prepares to be sworn in, Pelosi has been forced into the embarrassing position of canceling their traditional group dinner on account of coronavirus.

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On the same day that she described the pandemic as an ‘emergency of the highest magnitude’, a photo was posted of the lavish dining room being prepared in the Capitol.

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The speaker, 80, had told an NBC reporter that it was safe, and that there was advanced ventilation for the meal and a Capitol physician had signed off on it.

But the planned dinner angered prominent Democrats, who’ve made a point of distinguishing themselves from Republicans in how seriously they take the Covid threat.

They were led by Chelsea Clinton, who tweeted: “Please cancel these in-person dinners, @SpeakerPelosi & @kevinomccarthy to keep everyone safe from #covid19 – yourselves, your new members, servers, the Capitol police and all of their families and contacts. And, to show public health leadership.”

MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes added: “Cancel your precious dinner, you maniacs. my god.”

Pelosi and other Democrats have long insisted that there be a national mask mandate imposed in order to stop the spread of coronavirus – something that Republicans and their supporters have largely disagreed with.

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