08-26-2020, 12:28 AM
At a gathering last month for Kaulana Pakele, the lead singer for the band Mana‘o Company, Congressional candidate Kai Kehele was seen ignoring almost every basic safety protocol for preventing the spread of COVID-19:
Hundreds gathered to honor the Hilo-born entertainer (Kaulana Pakele), and social media videos showed few wearing masks and almost no one social distancing. There was a large tent with an entertainment stage and a food-service line. Video showed the food handlers wearing masks.
Among those in attendance was state Sen. Kai Kahele, the Democratic nominee for the 2nd Congressional District U.S. House seat being vacated by Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Kahele also posed on a video with a group of men, none of them social distancing or wearing masks over their noses and mouths.
Kahele didn’t immediately return a call Monday seeking comment.
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/202...forcement/
Kahele has already shown his disregard for science and the rule of law with the TMT delays. Now it seems he's joined other politicians in publicly flaunting medical advice from the CDC, and by his actions encouraged others to do the same. No wonder the number of positive cases pf COVID-19 are on the rise in Hilo when hundreds of people gather without masks or social distancing.
Big Island and Hawaii Congressional District 2 deserve better. Someone who will at minimum lead us out of this pandemic, not deeper into it.
Hundreds gathered to honor the Hilo-born entertainer (Kaulana Pakele), and social media videos showed few wearing masks and almost no one social distancing. There was a large tent with an entertainment stage and a food-service line. Video showed the food handlers wearing masks.
Among those in attendance was state Sen. Kai Kahele, the Democratic nominee for the 2nd Congressional District U.S. House seat being vacated by Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Kahele also posed on a video with a group of men, none of them social distancing or wearing masks over their noses and mouths.
Kahele didn’t immediately return a call Monday seeking comment.
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/202...forcement/
Kahele has already shown his disregard for science and the rule of law with the TMT delays. Now it seems he's joined other politicians in publicly flaunting medical advice from the CDC, and by his actions encouraged others to do the same. No wonder the number of positive cases pf COVID-19 are on the rise in Hilo when hundreds of people gather without masks or social distancing.
Big Island and Hawaii Congressional District 2 deserve better. Someone who will at minimum lead us out of this pandemic, not deeper into it.