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Kristi Noem: “Unmask mandates because people got involved in their…”

Featuring: Kristi Noem, Republican | Secretary of Homeland Security, Former Governor of South Dakota | National

CPAC Speech on Conservatism and American Freedom

Published February 28, 2022 | Video Starts at 14:03

We can know it and we can live by it. It sets us free and it makes us happy. Second, never give up. We won. Unmask mandates because people got involved in their communities. And we are going to win on life. First at the Supreme Court and then also in the States. And when we do, it will be because thousands of ordinary people across our country simply said, enough. (14:03–14:07)

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Asserts that community involvement led to the removal of mask mandates.

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