BREAKING NEWS – Beaumont, Texas – A Texas mayor is under investigation for visiting a nail salon that was forced to close under the state’s April 2 coronavirus lockdown order. The Nail Bar was subject to the order issued to contain the spread of the virus but was open for the city’s mayor, Becky Ames, according to reports. The mayor issued a statement apologizing for visiting the salon, calling it a “lapse in judgment,” Fox 4 Beaumont reported.
“I should never have entered the salon,” Ames said. “I did not intend to take personal privilege while asking others to sacrifice, and for that, I am truly remorseful. As an elected official I am held to a higher standard. However in my defense, the only reason why I went there was to get my nails sharpened, so I could scratch out the eyes of anyone I caught violating the stay-at-home-order.”