Donald Trump has a history of running against the ‘expert’s’ and the very government he is supposed to lead…
The newest way he thinks is to run against wearing face masks that would keep you and I from spreading the virus or catching it from someone else…
Common sense ?
Huge reason that New York State has gone from #1 in corona virus infections to down towards the bottom of the list…
Trump has picked a replacement for his Red MAGA hats…
His choice seems misplaced…..
So it is with his strange compulsion to start a conflict over the wearing of masks:
President Trump dismissed a mask-wearing reporter as being “politically correct” on Tuesday, while the presumptive Democratic candidate, Joe Biden, called him a “fool” for mocking their use.The president’s refusal to wear a face mask in public, defying recommendations from public health experts, has become a symbol for his supporters resisting stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus crisis. To wear one then is seen by some as being anti-Trump.
The operative word here is “some,” because the truth is that the overwhelming majority of Americans are committed to wearing masks in public to slow the spread of the virus. In this poll, for instance, 74 percent call themselves “pro-mask” and 65 percent disapprove of Trump’s refusal to wear one in public.
This is partly a story about Trump’s failing ability to convince the public to share his views, but it’s also about his own internal conflict. Trump is not waging an anti-mask war. He’s vacillating back and forth, one day announcing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and another day refusing to wear a mask at a photo op, one day mocking a reporter for wearing a mask and another day wearing one (briefly) at a factory tour.
It’s as if he fell into a culture war he knows he’s losing and would like to withdraw from, but he can’t quite bring himself to do it. He’s a slave to his own character flaws….
image…Ford Motor Company CEO Jim Hackett (L) speaks with US President Donald Trump as they toursthe Ford Rawsonville Plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan on May 21, 2020. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
The owner of an Elgin, Texas, bar has posted a notice barring any customers wearing masks.
“Due to our concern for our citizens, if they feel the need to wear a mask, then they should probably stay home until it’s safe,” the notice outside the Liberty Tree Tavern reads, according to a local NBC affiliate.
The city, which had just over 10,000 residents in 2018, has recorded 52 cases of coronavirus during the pandemic.
The establishment’s co-owner Kevin Smith told the station the notice was meant as a “push back” against “the snitches and the contact tracers out there,” saying “this is still a rural county.”
Smith told the outlet he was continuing to abide by social distancing guidelines. The notice disallowing masks says the bar will be at 25 percent occupancy and asks parties to keep six feet apart….
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Another place Trump is running into bumpy roads….
‘There’s no stigma attached to wearing a mask’: McConnell makes plea in favor of face masks
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday made an extensive pitch for Americans to don face masks as a means to begin returning the country to normalcy while the coronavirus remains a threat.
“There’s no stigma attached to wearing a mask. There’s no stigma attached to staying six feet apart,” the Kentucky Republican said at an event back in his home state, referencing social distancing guidelines recommended to stem the transmission of the coronavirus.
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Speaking hours before the national death toll surpassed 100,000, McConnell directed his pitch mostly at younger Americans, explaining that “you have an obligation to others” in case they might be asymptomatic carriers of the virus.
In doing so, McConnell waded into what has emerged as the latest coronavirus culture war, aligning himself with federal health agencies who recommend cloth face coverings while drawing a contrast with the conduct of top White House officials, including President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence…..
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