As other Democrat-led states give a specific date as to when they’ll lift their mask mandates, Gov. J.B. Pritzker still won’t say when his mandate for Illinois will be lifted, despite it being deemed null and void by a circuit court judge.
“So I’m the first person that wants to make sure that we’re removing mitigations where we can to keep people safe and healthy,” Pritzker said Tuesday in Springfield.
Illinois is one of about a dozen states in the country that mandate masks in schools and one of about six states with an indoor mandate. But in recent days, other Democrat-led states such as New York, California, New Jersey, Connecticut and Delaware have signaled an end date on requiring masks. Most states led by Republican governors have not had statewide mask mandates since the beginning of the pandemic.
Pritzker wouldn’t clearly give an end date for his mandate, or if it would be for good.
“Now that we have treatments, widespread vaccinations, testing available, and we all know to wear a mask when things get more difficult and there may be another variant,” Pritzker said.
Pritzker has issued 23 consecutive monthly disaster proclamations and issued dozens of executive orders since March 2020.
“Your play was backed by the Democrat leaders in the General Assembly, who happily gave you free rein to impose restrictions and mandates across the state,” Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs, said in a letter to the governor Tuesday. “I disagreed with this approach and have often urged you to work collaboratively with the General Assembly, to no avail. You refused to listen to anyone who disagreed with your decisions.”
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