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As she walked in, she said, she was confronted by a man who shouted expletives and called her a liberal for wearing the mask. The man identified himself as a conservative, she said, and he falsely told her that wearing a mask in public was illegal.
According to Stuart, she told the man that it was dangerous for her to go into public without a mask because of her diagnosis. It’s not a political statement, she said, and she says she showed the man a medical card describing her condition.
He then proceeded to approach her and feigned coughing on her repeatedly before telling her that he hopes the cancer kills her, she said. Stuart said she called Cary police but ultimately didn’t file a complaint.
Cary police confirmed the call. Witnesses at the oil-change store also corroborated Stuart’s account.
The incident follows outcry among disability rights advocates and Democrats over a GOP effort to restrict the use of face masks in North Carolina.
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According to Stuart, she told the man that it was dangerous for her to go into public without a mask because of her diagnosis. It’s not a political statement, she said, and she says she showed the man a medical card describing her condition.
He then proceeded to approach her and feigned coughing on her repeatedly before telling her that he hopes the cancer kills her, she said. Stuart said she called Cary police but ultimately didn’t file a complaint.
Cary police confirmed the call. Witnesses at the oil-change store also corroborated Stuart’s account.
The incident follows outcry among disability rights advocates and Democrats over a GOP effort to restrict the use of face masks in North Carolina.
‘Scared to put on my mask’: Cancer patient says she was intentionally coughed on in spat over mask
The Republican-led state House passed a bill Tuesday that would adjust exceptions to the state law governing masks. The bill is awaiting a decision by Gov. Roy Cooper.
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