Democrats and their blue-check-marked allies in the Twittersphere, the command was used to elevate lockdowns and mandatory masking as unquestionable dogma—and to cast opponents of these measures as anti-science. Some Democrats in 2020 even went so far as to campaign on "bringing science to Washington," touting their education credentials as making them especially qualified to serve in government.Of course, the Democrats' claim to the mantle of science has always been dubious at best.
