“Well, I signed it at the time because our cases were at a very low point. I knew it'd be overridden by the legislature if I didn’t sign it ... I already eliminated our statewide mask mandate,” Hutchinson said in a
press conference on Tuesday.
“I signed it for those reasons that our cases were at a low point. Everything has changed now. And yes, in hindsight I wish that had not become law,” he added.
The governor last week began
calling for the state legislature to overturn the part of the law that says schools can’t decide if they want a mask mandate.
He says he still supports a statewide ban on a mask mandate because adults have the option of becoming vaccinated but children do not.
