Staff members at the Office of the Sergeant at Arms asked Sen. Martha McSally
Martha Elizabeth McSallyOn The Money: Trump's controversial Fed nominee stalled | Economists warn of lag time between vaccine and recovery | Business group calls for national mask mandate, COVID-19 relief The data reveals foreign influence and pollsters are 2020's biggest losers Mark Kelly reflects on using McCain's old desk: 'He was a hero of mine' MORE (R-Ariz.) to break up a photo she was taking with her staff, according to a photo and tweet from a CNN reporter.
The photo shows McSally and more than a dozen other people on a Capitol stairway. None of them are wearing masks.
CNN reporter Ali Zaslav tweeted the photo. The group had apparently taken to the staircase after the Arizona senator gave her last speech in the Senate.
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In the photo, McSally and her staff can be seen standing shoulder to shoulder with no masks on.
Zaslav tweeted, “Staff at the Sergeant at Arms office stepped in and requested they break it up and put on masks.”
Update: Staff at the Sergeant at Arms office stepped in and requested they break it up and put on masks https://t.co/iFBTf1dsDO
— Ali Zaslav (@alizaslav) November 18, 2020
The Hill has reached out to McSally's office.
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Tensions over masks in the Senate have been rising this week.
On Monday evening, Sen. Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Campbell BrownLawmakers highlight housing affordability, struggling businesses in push for more COVID-19 aid Rand Paul pledges to fight Biden on lockdowns 'and forcing us to wear masks forever' Ted Cruz slams fellow senator as a 'complete ass' over wearing mask MORE (D-Ohio) called on Sen. Dan Sullivan
Daniel Scott SullivanRand Paul pledges to fight Biden on lockdowns 'and forcing us to wear masks forever' Ted Cruz slams fellow senator as a 'complete ass' over wearing mask Senators clash on the floor over wearing masks: 'I don't need your instruction' MORE (R-Alaska) to wear a mask as he presided over the Senate. Sullivan had taken his mask off to speak and pointedly told Brown he did not need to take his instruction.
Sen. Ted Cruz
Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzRand Paul pledges to fight Biden on lockdowns 'and forcing us to wear masks forever' Ted Cruz slams fellow senator as a 'complete ass' over wearing mask Biden win revives immigration talk MORE (R-Texas) criticized Brown on social media, calling him an "ass."
McSally conceded defeat to Democratic challenger Mark KellyMark KellyThe Hill's Morning Report - Presented by the UAE Embassy in Washington, DC - Dems push McConnell on COVID-19 relief; Grassley contracts COVID-19 On The Money: Trump's controversial Fed nominee stalled | Economists warn of lag time between vaccine and recovery | Business group calls for national mask mandate, COVID-19 relief Trump's controversial Fed nominee stalled after Senate setback MORE last week.
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