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Urging mask use, Tennessee gov says mandate 'controversial'

by Jonathan Mattise
| December 22, 2020 12:03 AM

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Monday he delivered a weekend address on the pandemic to “cut through the politics” and implore those who shun masks to wear them without him imposing a “controversial” state requirement, bidding to end the nation's worst new COVID-19 infection surge per capita.

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