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Ohio lawmaker Candice Keller shops without a mask in Butler County, tells followers to ‘be brave’
By Scott Wartman | Cincinnati Enquirer
Posted Jul 10, 2020 at 8:08 PM

Ohio State Rep. Candice Keller didn’t wear a mask when she shopped Thursday at a Middletown Walgreens.

She did wear a blue hat featuring an American flag and the name “Reagan.”

Keller posted on Facebook a photo of herself on Facebook outside the door of the Walgreens. A sign on the door said, “Mandatory face protection is required to enter.”

“Spent $53. No mask. Only one in the store maskless,” Keller wrote in the post. “Be brave. Try it. You’ll like it.”

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed an order that went into effect on Thursday mandating masks be worn indoors at businesses and in public settings in Butler and Hamilton County. The order was a response to the spiking number of COVID-19 cases in the counties.

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https://www.wlwt.com/article/i-am-not-the-mask-police-butler-county-sheriff-says-he-wont-enforce-mandatory-masks/33237101

'I am not the mask police': Butler County Sheriff says he won't enforce mandatory masks

BUTLER COUNTY, Ohio — Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones said Tuesday afternoon that his office will not enforce any sort of face mask mandate.

“I can tell you this – I am not the mask police. I am not going to enforce any mask-wearing. That is not my responsibility. That is not my job. People should be able to make those choices themselves,” the sheriff said during an impromptu press conference on Facebook Live.

The news comes as the Ohio Department of Health issued a mandate that all citizens in Ohio's "red counties" wear masks to slow the spread of coronavirus across the state.

Butler County, along with Hamilton, Montgomery, Franklin, Huron, Cuyahoga and Trumbull counties, were identified as hot spots by Gov. Mike DeWine.