Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses Gov. Roy Cooper’s latest executive order setting COVID-19 restrictions for North Carolina. Kokai offered these comments during the Feb. 24, 2021, edition of Spectrum News 1’s “Capital Tonight.”
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