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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — James Yantzer strode into a Harbor Freight Tools store in one of North Dakota’s worst hot spots for the coronavirus, brushing off a sign telling customers to wear a face mask.
“If they kick me out, I’ll go somewhere else,” Yantzer said, calling masks about as effective at blocking the virus as “stopping sand with chicken wire.” Despite the Bismarck store’s mask requirement, the 69-year-old trucking company owner wasn’t asked to leave.
“I just don’t take B.S. from people,” Yantzer said. “I rely on my own common sense.”
It’s a common attitude in highly conservative North Dakota, and one many believe has contributed to the state’s ranking in recent weeks among the worst in the nation for coronavirus spread. The state’s worsening numbers have prompted sharp questions over how Republican Gov. Doug Burgum, who is up for reelection next month, has handled the virus.
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Conservatives with this kind of attitude deserve to get infected. When conservatism trumps (pun intended) common sense, you will sew as ye reap.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — James Yantzer strode into a Harbor Freight Tools store in one of North Dakota’s worst hot spots for the coronavirus, brushing off a sign telling customers to wear a face mask.
“If they kick me out, I’ll go somewhere else,” Yantzer said, calling masks about as effective at blocking the virus as “stopping sand with chicken wire.” Despite the Bismarck store’s mask requirement, the 69-year-old trucking company owner wasn’t asked to leave.
“I just don’t take B.S. from people,” Yantzer said. “I rely on my own common sense.”
It’s a common attitude in highly conservative North Dakota, and one many believe has contributed to the state’s ranking in recent weeks among the worst in the nation for coronavirus spread. The state’s worsening numbers have prompted sharp questions over how Republican Gov. Doug Burgum, who is up for reelection next month, has handled the virus.
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Conservatives with this kind of attitude deserve to get infected. When conservatism trumps (pun intended) common sense, you will sew as ye reap.