Tillis Claims Hispanics Less Likely to Wear Masks

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) suggested Hispanics are less likely to wear masks and social distance amid the coronavirus pandemic, CNN reports.

Said Tillis, who is up for reelection this year, was caught on audio: “Just wear the mask out of respect. Now I will tell you I’m not a scientist and I’m not a statistician, but one of the concerns that we’ve had more recently is that the Hispanic population now constitutes about 44% of the positive cases, and we do have some concerns that in the Hispanic population we’ve seen less consistent adherence to social distancing and wearing a mask.”