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Official apologizes after Hitler remark over mask mandate

| June 27, 2020 12:03 AM

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A rural county commissioner apologized after comparing Utah Gov. Gary Herbert to Hitler in a social media post after the Republican governor gave approval to two counties to mandate masks in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

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