Gov. Kristi Noem won't comply with Biden face mask mandate: He 'doesn't have the authority'
by Andrew Mark Miller, Social Media Producer
November 14, 2020 10:39 AMSouth Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says she won’t enforce a national face mask mandate if it is issued by President-elect Joe Biden.
"It's a good day for freedom. Joe Biden realizes that the president doesn't have the authority to institute a mask mandate," Noem’s communications director Ian Fury said this week. "For that matter, neither does Gov. Noem, which is why she has provided her citizens with the full scope of the science and trusted them to make the best decisions for themselves and their loved ones."
Since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Noem has adopted an approach that she says is focused on the Constitution and “people’s freedoms and liberties,†which has generated much criticism from many Democratic politicians and media figures.
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