Gov Tony Evers on Defensive Again as He Dithers on Mandatory Masks

A Facebook message speaks for many across Wisconsin.

Madison, Wisconsin — The push against Wisconsin Gov Tony Evers (D) for his refusal to issue executive orders mandating masks in public is mounting.

Tony 'Mush' Evers will hesitate, dither, wobble, anything but act.

This Evers' failure to act will cost lives.

Evers' tendency to hesitate played out in the run-up to the April 7 elections in which Evers ignored public health officials, local elections officials and the Wisconsin people until he finally bowed to the national ridicule to which the state was subjected.


Just out from The Capital Times:

Gov. Tony Evers has yet to issue a statewide mask order.

The governor says that, in the face of a surge in coronavirus cases, a statewide mask mandate is 'something we’re considering.' To our view, it is time for Evers to stop considering and start acting.

Evers cannot allow himself to be constrained by shortsighted partisans who oppose everything he does. Wisconsin is now the only state in the country with a Democratic governor that does not have a mask mandate. It is time for Evers to call the bluff of Republicans when it comes to matters of public health and safety. The governor has the power to take action to save lives and the economy, and Wisconsinites want him to use it.