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May 5, 2020Jefferson City, Mo. |  By: AP

Missouri governor says he 'chose not to' wear mask in store

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has a simple reason for not wearing a face mask during a visit to a southwestern Missouri thrift store. He says he simply chose not to. 

Businesses reopened across most of Missouri Monday, a day after Parson's stay-at-home order ended. The Republican governor spent the morning visiting several businesses in southwestern Missouri.

Among them was a thrift shop in Joplin operated by the Disabled American Veterans. A photo posted on Parson's Twitter account shows him bare-faced but surrounded by mask-wearing veterans. 

Parson said at his afternoon news conference that wearing a mask shouldn't be mandated by the government.