Two Republican Representatives Accumulate $150,000 in Mask Fines
By Eric Lendrum
January 19, 2022
Two Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.), have racked up nearly $150,000 in combined fines for refusing to wear masks in the House chamber.
According to The Hill, Congresswoman Greene has been fined a total of $88,000 for 36 different violations. Congressman Clyde has been fined at least $60,500 for 25 violations since September. The combined total is $148,500.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) implemented the mask mandate in the House chambers in July of 2020, with Pelosi ordering fines for members who refused to wear masks starting in January of 2021. Lawmakers who refuse to comply are fined $500 the first time, and $2,500 for each subsequent offense. Members who refuse to pay the fines will have the amounts deducted from their salaries, which is roughly $174,000 for each member, although members in leadership positions earn even more.
Greene and Clyde are the only members of the House to have openly defied the mask mandate more than twice. At least nine other Republicans have been fined for previous offenses: Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), Bob Good (R-Va.), Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), Brian Mast (R-Fla.), Mary Miller (R-Ill.), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), Ralph Norman (S.C.), Chip Roy (R-Texas), and Beth Van Duyne (Texas). Of these nine, only Miller-Meeks was fined twice, while the other eight were all only fined once.
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