Trump Puts GOP Governors In a Bind

“Republican governors are pleading for basic public health precautions as their states face a new wave of coronavirus cases, even as President Trump downplays the pandemic’s severity and tells people to move on with their lives,” Politico reports.

“The clashing messages come as large swaths of the country experience uncontrolled spread that state officials fear could swamp their already strapped health systems. They’re putting out calls for volunteers to help staff hospitals, placing new limits on public gatherings and urging, or in some cases mandating, the wearing of masks.”