Rep. Harley Rouda, a California Democrat, is slamming his Republican challenger for wearing a face mask while conducting official business.

Rouda, elected in 2018 to a coastal seat long held by Republicans, on Tuesday derided Orange County Supervisor Michelle Steel during a meeting of the five-member body on which she serves. Steel is running for Rouda’s seat, emerging under California’s all-party primary as a Republican alternative in November.

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