The states of New jersey, New York, California, Oregon, Connecticut and Delaware are all set to ditch mask mandates, claiming their decision is based on science - but Republicans aren’t buying it. (Daily Mail TV video)

'I'd love to see whatever internal polling went around the Democrat Party last week - it's certainly no coincidence that Democrat-run states are dropping mandates as fast as they can!” said Rep. Kevin Hern.

CDC director Rochelle Walensky insisted that their guidance hasn’t changed despite nationwide cases dropping 47% in the past week - or CNN’s medical analyst Dr Leana Wen claiming “the science has changed."

Having a midterm crisis?