Kamala Harris walks back Biden's call for a nationwide mandate to wear a mask
Posted on AllSides September 8th, 2020
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Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, walked back Joe Biden's promise for a nationwide mandate to wear a mask, saying the Biden administration will instead enforce a standard of mask-wearing.
Last month, Biden vowed that, if elected, his administration would institute and push for a mask mandate.
"We'll have a national mandate to wear a mask — not as a burden, but to protect each other," Biden said during the final night of the Democratic National Convention. "It's a patriotic duty."
As Business Insider's Aria Bendix reported, Biden's...
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