Trump Dismisses Face Masks as ‘Politically Correct’

President Trump dismissed a mask-wearing reporter as being “politically correct,” the Washington Post reports.

“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.”

Vox: “Trump’s latest unhinged news conference illustrates why he’s no longer doing daily coronavirus briefings.”