Collected Item: “Man Banned from Flight Because He Refused to Wear a Face Mask”
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Man Banned from Flight Because He Refused to Wear a Face Mask
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A "mask war" developed in June 2020. Many states mandated that people must wear masks at all times to protect people around you in case you are infected with COVID-19. Some people took that as an assault on their civil liberties, refused to put a mask on, and made an issue out of it. Wearing a mask became politicized, with many Trump supporters and conservatives coming out against mask-wearing.
Here is one conservative activist purposely defying the mask rule on American Airlines. He got kicked off the flight, which is what he seems to have wanted to happen.
Here is one conservative activist purposely defying the mask rule on American Airlines. He got kicked off the flight, which is what he seems to have wanted to happen.
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#conservative, #maskwars, #facemasks, #airtravel, #AmericanAirlines, #BrandonStraka, #don'tbeselfish, JFKAirport
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https://www.kktv.com/content/news/American-Airlines-bans-man-who-refused-to-wear-face-mask--571365411.html
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KKTV 11 News
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2020-06-19