The former surgeon general in the Trump administration criticizes the North Carolina bill that would do away with a pandemic-era law that allowed face masks for public health reasons.
The North Carolina state Senate voted along party lines Wednesday to ban anyone from wearing masks in public, even for health reasons. Republican supporters of the ban said it would help law enforcement crack down on protesters who wear masks..
The North Carolina senate gave preliminary approval to a bill that would make it illegal again to wear a mask in public, but Democratic state Sen. Sydney