Republican Sen. Dallas Heard kicked out of Oregon Capitol for refusing to wear a mask
Source: OPB
State Sen. Dallas Heard had been threatening for months to make a major issue of rules requiring masks in the state Capitol. On Thursday, the Myrtle Creek lawmaker and head of the Oregon Republican Party followed through.
For the third time in three months, Heard appeared at a Senate floor session maskless and refused to put on a face covering when asked to do so by Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem. But unlike similar instances on Feb. 9 and Dec. 13, Heard refused to leave the chamber when told he was violating Senate rules.
What followed was a heated discussion on the efficacy of masks mandates, a debate that laid bare the stark ongoing differences between the two dominant political parties on the same day state officials announced those requirements would soon end.
Senate Majority Leader Rob Wagner moved that the Senate vote to exclude Heard from the Capitol for the breach, all but ensuring majority Democrats would kick him out of the building. Heard’s fellow Republicans mounted a defense, arguing that masking rules were ineffective — or at least out of date.
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Read more: https://www.opb.org/article/2022/02/24/republican-sen-dallas-heard-kicked-out-of-oregon-capitol-for-refusing-to-wear-a-mask/
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