Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said Tuesday Democrats need to “communicate a clear off-ramp” to people before November’s elections.
Several blue states with Democratic officials, including Delaware, Connecticut, and New Jersey, have recently announced plans to end universal school mask mandates and have eased some of the mitigation efforts adopted to reduce the spread of the virus as cases dipped after the surge of the omicron variant.
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In response to a question about whether Democrats should embrace the idea that it’s time to move on from some of the public health measures adopted at the height of the COVID-19 outbreak, Maloney said, “People are sick to death of this pandemic.”
“I do believe because of the president’s leadership and the Democratic plan to beat the virus, that we will be in a position to communicate a clear off-ramp and to make sure people understand that they will be in a position to care for themselves, for their families, that we trust parents to know best for their children and their schools,” he said.
Arguing that due to “the wide availability of vaccines, and better therapeutics, and with the right support for our front-line healthcare workers who have performed heroically” during the crisis, “we can all expect a definite plan for the resumption of our normal lives, and once and for all put the pandemic behind us.”
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Maloney said the country should remember “the extraordinary losses we’ve suffered” and honor “the people who helped us through,” but that “we will not let the pandemic run our lives and I understand that the American people expect that, and we’re going to deliver it.”
As the pandemic continues, restrictions and measures to reduce the spread of the virus have become increasingly partisan fodder as some object to efforts such as masking or vaccine requirements.
