GOP Leaders Abandon Trump on Wearing Masks

Washington Post: “The president has refused to trumpet his own administration’s recommendation that people cover their faces, nor has he set an example by wearing a mask at public events. In fact, he has used his bully pulpit to mock others who do and to cast doubt on the efficacy of masks.”

“But with coronavirus cases soaring across the nation — and most precipitously across Florida, Texas and other parts of so-called Trump country — many prominent Republicans are now echoing the pleas of infectious-diseases expert Anthony S. Fauci and other health experts that people wear masks to slow the spread of the virus and help the economy reopen safely.”

“The recent shift on the political right has left Trump isolated, with the president and his White House staff openly resisting the calls for mask-wearing.”

Associated Press: Republicans, with the exception of Trump, now push mask-wearing.