Lucas and White, in a joint statement, said Schmitt's letter "makes no rational sense" and suggested it was a political ploy. on Thursday, saying in a news release that he meant the letters as "legal direction" to spell out "who qualifies for important exceptions to mask mandates imposed by power-hungry bureaucrats." Schmitt wrote to Mayor Quinton Lucas and Jackson County Executive Frank White Jr.
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Above, Children, some wearing face masks, get a free lunch at Kenmore Middle School in Arlington, Virginia, on March 16, 2020. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt says minors are among those who can ignore mask mandates in Kansas City and Jackson County. Schmitt wrote that an exempt person (or a parent or guardian, in the case of minors) should believe that wearing a mask or face covering will have a "significant adverse impact on their personal, mental, or physical welfare."įor more reporting from the Associated Press, see below. He also wrote that the exceptions apply to anyone under 18. In a letter to officials in the county and Kansas City, Schmitt cited exceptions for people with disabilities that are unable to wear masks because they impair their health or well-being, noting that the mandates fail to define either health or well-being, the AP said. Senate in 2022, sued to stop the mandates in Kansas City and Jackson County. Attorney General Eric Schmitt, a Republican running for the U.S. The mandates were imposed last month as coronavirus cases and COVID-19 hospitalizations worsened because of low vaccination rates and the Delta variant. Missouri's attorney general says minors can ignore mandates issued in Kansas City and Jackson County that require mask wearing in indoor public settings, the Associated Press reported.
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