COLUMBUS, OH - An order for people to wear face coverings while in stores was reversed last week because it "went too far," Ohio Gov.
Mike DeWine said Sunday. DeWine reversed the order Tuesday, saying many Ohioans saw it as "one government mandate too far" and saying face coverings were strongly recommended but would no longer be required.
He repeated that sentiment Sunday on ABC's "This Week," calling it "a bridge too far" and saying, "People were not going to accept the government telling them what to do." "So my ability to communicate to the people of Ohio, frankly, I thought, was going to be really impeded and we would get hung up on the mandatory masks for someone going in as a customer and it just wasn't going to work," he said. "And