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Chicago Tribune
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Clare Spaulding and Jeremy Gorner

9 GOP lawmakers kicked off Illinois House floor for refusing to wear masks. Democrat calls it a ‘clown show.’

Nine Republican legislators were ejected from the Illinois House floor Thursday for refusing to wear masks in compliance with House rules.

As the nine unmasked lawmakers packed up and left the chamber, a slew of other GOP representatives followed them out in a show of solidarity.

The mini-rebellion started when State Rep. Lakesia Collins, a Chicago Democrat, requested in a motion that members either put on their masks or leave the chamber.

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