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GOP hears anti-mask testimony during Senate Facebook session
Clip: 7/8/2021 | 4m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
Most epidemiologists agree that masks remain a frontline defense against COVID-19.
Several witnesses eagerly spoke against requiring children to wear masks in school — calling it harmful and an assault on parents' rights — during a politically charged Facebook session hosted July 8 by Republican New Jersey senators. GOP lawmakers have chafed at Democrats’ refusal to hold official hearings and have questioned Gov. Murphy’s school mask policy.
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GOP hears anti-mask testimony during Senate Facebook session
Clip: 7/8/2021 | 4m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
Several witnesses eagerly spoke against requiring children to wear masks in school — calling it harmful and an assault on parents' rights — during a politically charged Facebook session hosted July 8 by Republican New Jersey senators. GOP lawmakers have chafed at Democrats’ refusal to hold official hearings and have questioned Gov. Murphy’s school mask policy.
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