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Joe Lombardo: “Defection wasn't being affected by the mask mandates.”

Featuring: Joe Lombardo, Republican | Governor of Nevada

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IndyTalks: A conversation with Governor Joe Lombardo February 2025

Published | Video Starts at 06:01

And I'm on the record publicly talking about the mask mandates. I didn't understand the medical science behind the mask mandates and I just base it on practical reasons. In my own evaluation of it. Defection wasn't being affected by the mask mandates. I had the incubator, I had the beta tester in my police department. I had 6,000 employees at my disposal that I can do measurements associated with that being in the public space on a daily basis. (06:01–06:06)

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