State Senate Leader Wants to Strike Down Mask Mandate
Wednesday, August 5th, 2020 -- 9:17 AM
(AP) -The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate said Monday he wants the Legislature to reconvene this week or next to strike down Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ mask mandate.The order from Evers, designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus as cases spike in Wisconsin, took effect on Saturday. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said on WISN-AM that he was talking with Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos about a plan. Vos opposes the mandate, but has not said whether the Assembly would come in to vote it down, as Fitzgerald said the Senate wants to do.
Fitzgerald accused Evers of “overreach” with the mask order, saying whether to wear one should be an individual’s decision. He said Republicans were also worried Evers would order schools to close, as he did in the spring when the outbreak first began.
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