MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers issued a new statewide mask order Thursday, an hour after the Republican-controlled Legislature voted to repeal
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The line to vote in a primary in Milwaukee in April. âWearing a mask is the most basic thing we can do to keep each other safe,â Gov. Tony Evers said in a video posted to Twitter on Thursday. Credit.Morry Gash/Associated Press
Feb. 5, 2021
The politicization of mask wearing reached fever pitch in Wisconsin on Thursday when the State Legislature repealed Gov. Tony Eversâs statewide mask mandate, only to have the governor himself issue a new one an hour later.
âWearing a mask is the most basic thing we can do to keep each other safe,â Mr. Evers said in a recorded video on Twitter. âIf the Legislature keeps playing politics and we donât keep wearing masks, weâre going to see even more preventable deaths and itâs going to take even longer to get our state and our economy back on track.â
MADISON, Wis. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers issued a new statewide mask order on Thursday, an hour after the Republican-controlled Legislature voted to repeal his previous mandate saying he didn’t have authority to make such a decree.
Evers and the Legislature have been at odds throughout the pandemic but the latest moves created an unprecedented level of whiplash. Republican lawmakers last year persuaded the state Supreme Court to scrap Evers’ stay-at-home order and a state appeals court halted the limits he placed on indoor gatherings.
As the Legislature moved to repeal the order, many cities and counties rushed to enact or extend local mask ordinances. Milwaukee and Dane County, where Madison is located, are among those with orders in place.
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