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Wolf’s mask order inflames partisan fight over virus

By Marc Levy Associated Press
July 4, 2020
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People waiting in line to enter a grocery store wear COVID-19 protective masks on Friday in McCandless. Gov. Tom Wolf’s more expansive mask order issued this week as the coronavirus shows new signs of life in Pennsylvania and the July Fourth holiday starts has been met with hostility from Republicans objecting to the Democrat’s use of power or even to wearing a mask itself.

Keith Srakocic | AP photo

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