(Des Moines, IA) — Parents, children, and medical professionals gathered just outside the State Capitol in Des Moines Wednesday to urge Governor Kim Reynolds to let Iowa schools require masks for students and staff.
Tanya Keith is the mother of three. Her youngest is six and not eligible for a vaccine. She opposes the bill Reynolds signed into law at the end of the last school year that forbids mask mandates in schools. She says it’s time for the Iowa G-O-P and the governor to say things have changed.
Governor Reynolds issued a written statement, saying she trusts Iowans to make decisions about what’s best for themselves and parents have the option to send their kids to school with a mask or not.
