Louisiana State Rep Danny McCormick Chainsaws a Facemask

Louisiana Republican Rep. Danny McCormick pushed back against mask mandates in a video posted to his Facebook page on Tuesday.
In the video the lawmaker says people who refuse to wear a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic are being treated like Jews in Nazi Germany during the Holocaust.
“People who don’t wear masks will soon be painted as the enemy just as they did to Jews in Nazi Germany. Now is the time to push back before it’s too late. We can preserve America.”
McCormick’s video comes after Shreveport mayor Adrian Perkins issued a mandatory mask order. McCormick says that is an assault on liberty.
He visually demonstrates what the mandate means by shredding a mask with a chainsaw saying, “The Constitution is being shredded before our very eyes.”
In an interview with USA TODAY Network, McCormick says, “It a tremendous response. The liberty message is strong. It’s amazing more politicians don’t take on the liberty movement because it’s so popular.”
In his video McCormick says mask mandates could be a precursor to the U.S. government requiring people to “take the mark," another reference to Jews in Nazi Germany.
"Your body is your private property. If the government has the power to force you to wear a mask, they can force you to stick a needle in your arm against your will. They can put a microchip in you. They can even make you take the mark. After all, it's for the greater good,” he said in the video.
He concludes his message in the video by saying “Masks aren’t bad, Mandates are.”
Shreveport is the latest city in Louisiana to mandate wearing a mask in public places. New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell was one of the first in Region 1 to mandate masks. In June, all of Jefferson Parish now mandates people wear masks when in public other parishes in the state are following the trend as well.

[@PolaOpposite]

McCormick: Your body is your private property unless you're a woman, then your reproductive rights belong to Uncle Sam

[@PolaOpposite]

@Steve Lethal Nuance, knowledge of the law, and brains... the things you lack. Move on, cretin.

[@jackjhonson5757]

Unless you're a boy then they destroy what God created

[@williamjohnson7659]

IF YOU ARE ANTI SAFTY WHY WEAR SAFTY EQUIPMENT with the chain saw ? Lets not wear seat belts. How dare you inspect my food quality so it's safe to eat. I personally do not want my food inspected. The government is stepping on my freedom. I don't think truck drivers should be forced to stop driving after 15 hours.Thats government intervention where it does not belong. And how about not being able to smoke in restaurants and airplanes. When will it stop.

[@ejfheoshrjde]

That's a lot of crazy to unpack there.

[@erispapps9929]

It went from a bit unreasonable, to bat shit crazy

[@aldrinvendt8524]

aw man, I really wish they didn't cut away from that chainsaw bit. I feel like that wouldn't work out as well as he thought it would. He seemed to be struggling in the half second we did see.

[@JosephLeeSoonsin]

It sounds like he made a strong argument for abortion. "Your body is private property. If the government can force you to wear a mask, they can force you to put a needle in your arm" I'm pretty sure that is the abortion line, my body, my choice. He might want to rethink that argument or change his stance on abortion.

[@halfrican5989]

EXACTLY. I am in the same city as him (Shreveport, LA) and want to play that audio line on repeat at the next Pro Choice rally.

[@drubabineaux8772]

You 2 are idiots! Suicide would be your own body! You killing another person with abortion! You libs are stupid as fuck

[@FeechLaMannas]

It’s unbelievable this is where we are in 2022…

[@mrswimmyboy]

0:45 "Your body is your private property..." I'm guessing he is against abortion rights. Keep the government out of our private affairs. Sometimes....

[@pcoleman2564]

"But when those rights infringe on another person's right to life..." it's funny because even their stupid canned rebuttal to abortion rights also refutes their mask argument.

[@matthewbroussard7909]

Making people who are not sick where a mask is wrong and as far as I know no one is mandating abortion and what about the baby’s rights to life. The whole story is played out comparing someone who is potentially sick being forced to where a mask to the actual killing of baby’s doesn’t even make sense

[@androol]

Abortionists have no rights. Your uterus belongs to us. God loves unwanted children. They grow up to be presidents. Push back against condiments and other contraceptions in food. Make America Funny Forever. Trump 2020!

[@pcoleman2564]

Matthew Broussard Oh boo hoo. Grow up. Are you going to start protesting seatbelt laws because you're a good driver? And also no one knows they're sick for days and days unless they get a test. So even if you aren't sick, you're still spreading it unless you wear a f-ing mask. Jesus. They mandated masks in just about every state in 1918 and you don't see your grandparents being bitches about it. Well, maybe they were, I have no idea.

[@rloomis3]

@@pcoleman2564 And some people who have the virus remain completely asymptomatic. If you haven't been tested, you really don't know whether or not you have the virus.

[@SimplyBecause90217]

What about the whole “no shirt, no shoes, no service?” Isn’t it basically the same only in this case, they’re just trying to decrease cases and help keep employees safe. Come on, Louisiana....get it together. It’s your choice to wear the mask or not....if you don’t want to wear it, just stay home.

[@t4705mb6]

You're a MORON! THAT applies to *AN* establishment! Not ALL!! That gives YOU the *CHOICE* of patronizing that establishment! DUH! It is NOT an ILLEGAL *O R D E R!* Gawd! You people are such nitwits! Yeah! Let's burn the US Constitution and Bill of Rights! fools

[@zekfred8134]

@@t4705mb6 lmao

[@beautruex7012]

@@t4705mb6 Amen Brother!

[@nickscurvy8635]

this certainly is the strangest timeline

[@CashIsKing_UseItOrLoseIt]

Representatives who pop out from behind bushes wearing blue eye masks ARE THIS NATIONS BACKBOWNE ! . P.S. I support your message.

[@thatsrevoltin6218]

I look forward to no one re-electing you.

[@beautruex7012]

I hope you like heat! Because it's gonna be Hot where you going!

[@Ickinot]

Liberty.. 😂 get over yourselves.. “the mark” ok... but you can force people to go through pregnancy huh?

[@sonlya2010]

Your poor Mom

[@androol]

It had already happened! Clothes wearing had been a mandate for decades. People need to wake up! Push back against mandate to wearing clothes in public. Wearing clothes is not how God intended people to live. How dare you wear clothes in public? God will arrest you. Freedom to nudity! Make America Funny Forever. Trump 2020!

[@bus76torunningbrook81]

My kids will be thrilled, they have wearing clothes and it's such a struggle to make them for school.

[@bus76torunningbrook81]

@@cshflw6534 My kids dress themselves but they'd prefer to be naked. We don't physically force them but it's still kind of a forced thing, they end up wearing clothes. I would say it's pretty forced even though they do it themselves. And that's where this habit started for all of us, forced by our culture/society.

[@michaelg8642]

Bus 76 to Running Brook idk i think things like mosquitos, poison ivy, sun exposure and cold temperatures is what makes us want to wear clothes originally.. just like the virus should make us want to wear a mask. For survival.

[@KimoBruddah-ki2oo]

Republicans vote for people smarter than them......imagine what his voters think day to day.....

[@TCP2oo4]

So I guess, we are free to do all the drugs we want since it is our private property.

[@pcoleman2564]

Woah woah woah. I want the government to give me personal freedom while also punishing people for things I think are wrong according to my specific religious beliefs. Even if they are exercising bodily autonomy. If I don't like it, lock em up. But I can do whatever I want. /s

[@kidfrost7059]

I want to run naked in the streets yeehaaa

[@mynameisearlb]

@@pcoleman2564 Exactly. Masks are harmful to your health and should only be worn by people after a medical evaluation has taken place. For instance someone with asthma has a higher chance of being injured from wearing a mask than they do of catching covid from someone.

[@sonlya2010]

Amen!

[@77csfeline]

???????

[@trjb1767]

Inbreeding personified

[@thatsrevoltin6218]

Additionally, if you went golfing, you would agree that the guy at the pro shop would make sure you have to wear cleats, right? Yes, I am right about that. Would you attack him with a chainsaw?

[@LaFox23]

Lmao this shit funny

[@antwalk7772]

So paying taxes is a option?

[@johnquincyadams1562]

Murder laws are also optional

[@morabeza1]

"Louisiana Republican" says it all. Bless his heart :-/

[@AmySorrellMusic]

Well, then I guess that whole clothing in public MANDATE thing is off too! WOOHOO IT IS NAKED TIME!

[@bus76torunningbrook81]

You mean like in schools? My kids will be thrilled, they have wearing clothes.

[@TCP2oo4]

Seatbelts should be optional too!

[@beautruex7012]

God Bless This Man In Jesus Name!

[@elkebinder1831]

. He does not understand how important it is to wear one and that there are situation in life where you just have to wear a mask. Period. I am from Germany and because very few people had problem with wearing a mask EVERYTHING is under control now. And wearing a mask is a bit different from making somebody put a needle into your arm. I think there is a difference. The needle can hurt you physically for years to come. Wearing a mask just makes you a bit uncomfortable but safes lives WITHOUT harm. Look into the countries that have this shit under control now. They all have one thing in common. They wore the fucking mask. Whether they liked it or not. They just did because it was a necessity.

[@edvanlangendonck9479]

It is very egocentric to think that your right to not wear a mask is more important than the possibility that it may cost others their lives. Balancing the rights of all people will always require some inconvenience, however you have chosen a very trivial subject to address given the state of the WORLD during this pandemic. This is not a matter that warrants juvenile behavior in a time when so many are losing their loved ones and their lives!

[@beautruex7012]

I hope you like heat because it's gonna be HOT where you going!

[@Inmysightstarget]

Hero

[@4sh024]

We need more people like you in California

[@JoseLopez-yx4et]

Just mive to texas. More idiots like him are there. You'll fit perfectly

[@JoseLopez-yx4et]

@@cshflw6534 okay tough guy 👍

[@dudeevil8548]

@@cshflw6534 Try to use your words. I know it's hard to think. I swear you Trump supporters sound more and more like the incoherent moron you worship.

[@frankelliott9360]

So, a woman who is raped can be forced to bear the rapist's baby, but this moron can't be bothered to wear a mask for fifteen minutes when he goes to the grocery store to save the lives of others?

[@charlottesghost2845]

Why? Darwinism? That leaves you pretty vulnerable, dude.

[@scottfulghum8408]

I'm in Austin TX I like him!

[@RonanTetsu]

gOOD, wE knOW of youR stUPIDity. Birds of a feather flock together; you like this moron? Then you one.

[@beautruex7012]

God Bless Texas! Love you all! Stuck up here in commie Washington!

[@scottheld4837]

💪💖💖💖💪🙏

[@BarryNYC-28]

Senator McCormick may have incorrectly referenced the Holocaust but he is spot on about everything else. God Bless America. 🇺🇸

[@elizabethiloveelohim137]

We will be killed for not receiving the microchip, but God is absolutely worth dying for, and He will give us the grace we need to do so

[@androol]

Disease is God’s will. Take off those silly masks and breath in the virus.

[@azazel166]

Maybe you should, seeing as how someone as irresponsible as you is allowed to vote and breed.

[@TheKaijudist]

Fuck Christ