Many GOP lawmakers shrug off Statehouse mask-wearing rules
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House Speaker Matthew Shepherd said he expected that chamber to take up a version similar to the Joint Budget Committee's rule.Republican Sen. Trent Garner called Flowers' proposal and its penalties “draconian" and said the Legislature should be held to the same standard as the statewide mask mandate GOP Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed earlier this year.“We don’t need to create a ‘tell on each other' rule when it comes to public safety," Garner said.Tennessee Democratic state Rep. Gloria Johnson tweeted Tuesday she would no longer have Thanksgiving dinner with her mother after attending a legislative meeting with Republican members who weren’t wearing masks.“We aren’t having a big family Thanksgiving dinner (with) mom due to COVID, but I was going to eat with her at a distance,” Johnson wrote, adding that being around her legislative colleague for the past two days will now mean she’ll “leave her food on the steps.”House and Senate leaders in Oklahoma announced plans to impose a mask mandate for employees who work inside the Capitol after two lawmakers tested positive last week.
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