At least the excuse Nino Vitale used for not wearing a mask was a little more interesting than what Vice President Mike Pence recently offered.
Vitale, an Ohio state representative, said Monday he will not wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic because faces are the “likeness of God.”
“This is not the entire world,” Vitale posited on Facebook. “This is the greatest nation on earth founded on Judeo-Christian Principles. One of those principles is that we are all created in the image and likeness of God. That image is seen the most by our face. I will not wear a mask.”
GOP State Rep. Nino Vitale on why he won’t wear a face mask: “This is the greatest nation on earth founded on Judeo-Christian Principles. One of those principles is that we are all created in the image and likeness of God. That image is seen the most by our face.” pic.twitter.com/nXEMzZdG13
— Tyler Buchanan (@Tylerjoelb) May 4, 2020
Pence went sans mask last week at the Mayo Clinic when everyone in the building was donning one. Pence told reporters he could go without the mask because he is tested regularly for coronavirus and he wanted to look health personnel “in the eye.”
Pence later admitted he should have worn the face covering.
Having already claimed that face masks do not work, State Rep. Nino Vitale offered a new reason Monday why he wouldn’t wear a mask during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic: because faces are the “likeness of God.”
https://t.co/aQt2QRo33T— TiffinOhio.net News (@TiffinOhioNews) May 4, 2020
Vitale, a Republican from Urbana who represents the 85th District among Champaign, Logan and Shelby counties northeast of Columbus, also calls Gov. Mike DeWine’s orders keeping many of the state’s businesses closed baseless.
He’s also calling on county governments to reopen their counties, such as Preble County. He claimed the orders issued by DeWine were invalid because they were not voted on in the legislature.
“Now when you go to bed at night, you have NO IDEA what your rights will be when you get up in the morning,” he wrote last week on his Facebook page.
