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WATCH: Woman says she has to dress 'like a Muslim' to avoid wearing a mask in bizarre city council rant
January 27, 2021
A woman showed up to a city council meeting in Lewiston, Idaho, dressed in Garb that she described as Muslim attire just to avoid wearing a mask, TMZ reports.
The woman, self-identified as Katie Dugger, was among a group of local citizens who spoke up at the meeting to complain about mask mandates and lockdowns.
<p>Dugger stepped to the podium and said it's "very traumatizing for me to put on a mask because of something that happened to me when I was a kid -- I cannot wear one." </p><p>"You know why I'm wearing this?" she said while gesturing towards her clothing. "I'm wearing this because the only way I can go to school today was because I had to act like I had on a friggin' burka." </p><p>Watch the video below:</p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="395" src="https://share.tmz.com/videos/2021-01-27-012721-idaho-woman-4916188/" width="560"></iframe></div>
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