In the New Ulm Journal article, Torkelson, Houle face questions in Dist. 16B forum, we learn that Republican challenger Tammy Houle just want you to do your own research on COVID-19:
Minnesota House District 16B Rep. Paul Torkelson of Hanska and challenger Tammy Houle of Redwood County presented their viewpoints at the New Ulm League of Women Voters candidate forum Wednesday.
They agreed on a number of subjects, but not on everything. . . .
Talking about COVID-19 measures and what the Legislature can do to protect people, Torkelson said Gov. Tim Walz “has his hands on the wheel” with his emergency powers as long as he is allowed to do so. Neither candidate favored letting him continue, or on the latest mandate ordering everyone to wear masks inside public buildings.
“I have mixed feelings on mandatory masks,” Torkelson said. “They’re not a cure all, just one step.”
“It’s hard to know who to trust,” Houle said. She said there is a lot of conflicting information about it, and she doesn’t trust the “mainstream media” to report the facts.
“Thank goodness there’s the World Wide Web where people can do their own research,” she said.
“I think Minnesota’s intended (COVID-19) cure is worse than the illness” Houle said. “I feel state COVID illness case numbers are artificially inflated. I think we should follow what Wisconsin and the Dakotas are doing. They weren’t in a lock down like we had. We have higher (COVID) death rates.”
Houle said there is no evidence that masks protect healthy people and are often so loose fitting, they don’t do much good.
“We didn’t demand masks until four months into the pandemic,” Houle said.
Here's the YouTube of the forum:
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- New Ulm League of Women Voters offers MN16B primary election forum on Facebook June 22
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