Senators Clash Over Mask Wearing In Congress

Senators Clash Over Mask Wearing In Congress
File photo showing Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) speaking during a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, on May 7, 2020. Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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Sens. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) got into a heated exchange on the Senate floor over mask-wearing, with the Democrat urging the Republican to wear a mask while speaking, and the latter retorting that he doesn’t “need your instruction.”

In a clip Brown shared on Twitter that has been viewed over 2 million times, Sullivan, who was presiding over the Senate, acknowledged the Ohio Democrat’s turn to speak, at which point Brown said: “I'd start by asking the presiding officer to please wear a mask as he speaks so people below him are—I can’t tell you what to do, but I know that the behavior...”
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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