{"id":802,"date":"2021-02-23T04:51:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T04:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/?p=802"},"modified":"2026-07-10T21:21:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T01:21:49","slug":"north-dakota-house-passes-bill-making-mask-mandates-illegal-bill-sponsor-calls-mandates-diabolical-silliness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/2021\/02\/23\/north-dakota-house-passes-bill-making-mask-mandates-illegal-bill-sponsor-calls-mandates-diabolical-silliness\/","title":{"rendered":"North Dakota House Passes Bill Making Mask Mandates ILLEGAL, Bill Sponsor Calls Mandates \u2018Diabolical Silliness\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>The North Dakota House of Representatives has passed a bill that will make any future mask mandates illegal in the state.<\/h3>\n<p>Monday\u2019s vote passed 50-44 and is now heading to the state senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur state is not a prison camp,\u201d the bill\u2019s sponsor, Rep. Jeff Hoverson, said.<\/p>\n<p>The state\u2019s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum had put a mask mandate in place three months ago, but had previously expressed doubt about if mandates were really the way to go.<\/p>\n<p>The Grand Forks Herald<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandforksherald.com\/news\/government-and-politics\/6899976-North-Dakota-House-advances-bill-barring-government-from-mandating-masks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>that Hoverson called mask mandates \u201cdiabolical silliness,\u201d referring to them as a conspiracy run by \u201cunelected, wealthy bureaucrats who are robbing our freedoms and perpetuating lies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Only one representative spoke against the bill, Rep. Jason Dockter, a Republican. He argued that cities, counties, schools and businesses should have \u201clocal control\u201d of their affairs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth chambers of the Legislature have required that masks or face shields be worn in areas of the Bismarck Capitol building under the branch\u2019s control, though the rule is lightly enforced and oft ignored by lawmakers. House Speaker Kim Koppelman, R-West Fargo, reminded legislators to wear their masks on the chamber floor Monday, but he noted the rule may be reexamined in the next few weeks,\u201d WDAY<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inforum.com\/news\/government-and-politics\/6899257-North-Dakota-House-advances-bill-banning-mask-mandates-by-governments-businesses-and-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Original:\u00a0https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2021\/02\/wow-north-dakota-house-passes-bill-making-mask-mandates-illegal-bill-sponsor-calls-mandates-diabolical-silliness\/<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genocide","category-winning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987666359,"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802\/revisions\/987666359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}