President Trump
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“I want people to have some freedom and I don’t believe in that, no,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News. Chris Wallace
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Trump also seemed to express skepticism about the effectiveness of the masks, noting that public health officials initially said that facial covers were not necessary for healthy people, before adding that he is a “believer in masks.”
“I disagree with the claim that if everyone wore a mask, it would all go away,” Trump said, referring to Wallace’s mention of the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) saying the country could contract the virus. check in four to six weeks whether everyone was wearing a mask.
“Dr. [Anthony] Fauci said not to wear a mask, our surgeon general, an excellent guy, said not to wear a mask. Everyone said not to wear a mask, suddenly everyone should wear a mask, “Trump continued. “And as you know, masks also cause problems. That being said, I believe in masks. I think the masks are good. “
The CDC in April recommended the use of face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus after evidence showed that patients who do not show symptoms could still transmit COVID-19.
Trump wore a mask for the first time in public over the weekend during a trip to Walter Reed, after resisting doing so for many weeks. When the Trump administration first released the guide in April, Trump immediately said he would not wear a mask to cover his face, at one point suggesting that it would lead to poor optics with foreign leaders.
Republicans and conservative media personalities have rallied around wearing masks in recent weeks as an effective way to stop the spread of the virus and allow businesses to reopen to revive the American economy.
Masks have been ordered by various governors, local leaders, and businesses as coronavirus cases have increased in several states.
In Georgia, however, Republican Governor Brian Kemp has encouraged the use of masks, but prohibited local officials from imposing orders for masks. Kemp on Thursday announced plans to sue Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) over the city’s mask requirement, amid an increase in cases in the state.
Florida, the site of next month’s Republican National Convention, has also been among the states that saw a massive increase in cases, and the governor. Ron DeSantis
Ronald Dion DeSantisTrump says he will not issue a national mask mandate Florida County Sheriff warns he may introduce curfew amid growing COVID-19 cases The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Argentum – The mask debate American intensifies MORE (R) so far has rejected calls to issue a mask mandate. Other states that saw spikes, such as Texas and California, have issued masking orders to help control the spread of the virus.
Trump previously suggested that he did not see the need for a mandatory mask policy in an interview with Fox Business during which he also endorsed the use of facial covers, saying it is “all for masks.”
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows
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