rule forren door public spaces in anchorage. it was not a surprise this came up. as we ve been reporting in recent weeks alaska has recently had its hospitals suffering under one of the worst covid case loads in the nation with even the largest hospitals in the state forced to ration care and literally turn people away. so in anchorage, largest city in the state, the assembly met to consider whether there could be annen door mask rule in indoor spaces in anchorage. the public was invited to come say their piece. it very quickly got pretty hairy. you are backing us into a corner. there is nowhere else to go. we will be forced to fight. you have pushed us against the wall. please don t do that. do not incite violence in our city. that s what s happening with this ordinance. [cheers and applause] you want to go up against some people like us? we re getting our back bone. we re standing tall. we re locking our knees. we re coming after you.
getting threatened in public meetings about things like mask ordinances. despite the threats of violence hurled at anchorage assembly members by the public, despite that intimidation i should tell you the anchorage assembly just passed the mask requirement for indoor spaces in anchorage. their vote was 9-1. that said, tonight as we got on the air anchorage s republican mayor who has repeatedly downplayed the virus, issued a veto against the mask requirement. republicans from the governor s mansion in alaska to the state legislature have echoed those sentiments. and you know, we re used to seeing the politics and fighting over this but in some ways it is a scary situation. the threats of violence in alaska aren t an isolated or strange thing. this isn t some strange phenomenon just occurring in alaska. we are seeing elements of this all across the country. americans are threatening the men and women across the country who are tasked with trying to
it is time to stand up for yourselves, stand up for this country, stop listening to these tyrants. how long do you think we ll take this ? how long do you think this is going to stand? all across the nation men are gathering. will the police be with us? what will the cost of freedom be? we are coming after you. what will the cost of freedom be. this is unfolded over the past week or so in anchorage, alaska. multiple people have been arrested at these increasingly raucous meetings including one man who was carrying a concealed firearm when he was arrested. around the country the atmosphere has become so charged around stuff like this that threats, even threats like those, started to feel like the new normal. there s also sometimes actual violence now. last week in maryland a man who prosecutors say was convinced that his brother, a pharmacist
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