An Idaho woman went on a bizarre rant at a local council meeting and said she should wear a “freaking burqa” so she could avoid wearing face masks while attending on-campus classes.
A woman who self-identified as Katie Dugger expressed her frustration with the mask mandate and explained why masks had been a burden in her life at a city council meeting in Lewiston, Idaho on Monday.
Dugger, who wore a colorful outfit with a headscarf over her head, complained that she was off school for a semester because she didn’t want to wear a mask.
“I was released from LCSC (Lewis-Clark State College) last semester because of all this nonsense because I can’t wear a mask,” she said.
“It doesn’t matter why, but it’s very traumatic for me to put on a mask because of something that happened to me when I was little.”
Dugger went on to explain why she chose to wear her eccentric outfit instead of wearing a mask.
“I’m wearing this because the only way I could go to school today was because I had to act like in a burqa and go like that, so I could go to school and cover my face like I’m a Muslim, because I can at least breathe through this, ”she said.
“This is thin enough to breathe through. The way for me to go to school and get my education is to dress like a crazy Muslim, ”the woman added.
Dugger also downplayed the vaccine during the rant.
“If they want to get a vaccine, have them get a vaccine to get Bell’s palsy and drop dead two weeks later,” she claimed.
Idaho reported more than 161,000 COVID-19 cases and 1,714 deaths on Wednesday. according to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.