Just a week after ousting bare-faced Republican lawmakers for a third time in 13 days, the Illinois House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to give the chamber’s mask mandate itself the boot.
State Rep. Blaine Wilhour, a Republican from Beecher, Illinois, says it's not fair that he and other representatives were barred from the Illinois house floor for not wearing masks.voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to give the chamber’s mask mandate itself the boot.
"I would just urge folks that even though it’s not a requirement, if somebody does make a request of you because of their personal situation, that we all be respectful and help our colleagues out," the North Side Democrat said. "We’re just too close in that one room to be around with no mask on when people are still catching the virus. And so I made a personal choice today to say no. I don’t have a problem with what everyone else’s decision is," she said. "But for me, I need to represent my district and represent the people who are still suffering from the virus."
After the vote, Wilhour told reporters the face covering rule was "something that’s defied science and logic and the rest of the world for some time." "After being escorted off the House floor several times, I asked to have a sit-down conversation with Illinois House Speaker Emanuel Chris Welch about finding a suitable agreement on the mask policy, which we did have last week," the Dieterich Republican said in a statement.
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