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A lot has been made of the protesters in Los Angeles wearing masks.

But many were quick to point out the ICE agents and the riot police and whoever else.

They're wearing masks too.

And California Democrats have now introduced the No Secret Police Act.

This is a bill which would ban any law enforcement agents, including

ICE, from wearing face coverings when they interact with the public. Ice officials and Homeland

Security said, hey, no, they need to use the masks because they could get doxed. We need to protect

their identities and so on and so forth.

And California Republicans are saying that this no mask bill is just a political stunt.

You know, I do think that there is merit on both sides here.

On the one hand, the legislation is obviously a flashpoint in the clash between those who support the immigration

raids and those who don't, those who support the protesters and don't those who don't.

This is a proxy about that.

Who gets to wear masks?

However, there is the undeniable reality that when it has come to protests now for a very long time and when

it has come just to people out in public in general, Republicans have generally been anti-mask.

And now they find themselves in the situation of going, okay, all that anti-mask stuff we said

is true.

But when it comes to police, there's actually a good reason for them to wear masks.

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