He's preventing local governments from enforcing mass mandates and business restrictions. Yeah, I was. For a couple reasons. One, people had a right to operate those businesses. Some local government didn't have a right to tell them they couldn't [operate businesses]. do that. Local government, I don't think has the authority to force you to put a napkin on your face or a cloth on your face. I just don't think they have that. (13:31–13:35)
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Asserts that local governments did not have the authority to close businesses during COVID-19.
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