On the recordMarch 2, 2022
You do not have to wear those masks. I mean, please take them off. Honestly, it`s not doing anything, and we have to stop with this COVID theater. So, if you want to wear it, fine, but this is ridiculous.
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msnbc.comRon DeSantis: “You do not have to wear those masks. I mean, please take them off. Honestly, it`s not doing anything, and we have to…”
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Ron DeSantis discourages children from wearing masks at a press conference, calling it 'ridiculous' and referring to it as 'COVID theater'.
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