Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan likened those who refuse to wear face masks during the current pandemic to drunk drivers, declaring that no one has a “constitutional right to walk around without a mask”—a claim disputed by a legal expert.
The Republican governor made the statement at a Nov. 23 press conference as Marylanders were preparing for the Thanksgiving holiday on Nov. 26, and days after the state reported its second-highest daily increase of new coronavirus infections since the pandemic began, bringing the cumulative statewide total to just under 180,000.
