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(34,195 posts)
Tue May 26, 2020, 06:02 PM May 2020

Biden changes Twitter, Facebook avatars to him wearing mask

Former Vice President Joe Biden changed his Twitter and Facebook avatars to a picture of him wearing a mask as his campaign seeks to contrast his cautious approach to the coronavirus with President Trump’s more lax attitude toward using a personal mask in public.

Wearing masks has emerged as the latest partisan flashpoint during the pandemic, with Trump making a number of appearances without wearing one and a handful of Republican lawmakers in Congress shirking recommendations to do so, while Democratic lawmakers largely don the coverings.

Biden has been quarantining in his Delaware home and wore a mask to a Memorial Day ceremony on Monday in his first public outing in weeks. Biden and his wife put on matching black masks at a local veteran’s memorial in Delaware.

Trump, who did not wear a mask this week when he laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, said Tuesday that he found it “unusual” that Biden wore a mask. "Biden can wear a mask, but he was standing outside with his wife, perfect conditions, perfect weather. They're inside they don't wear masks," Trump said at the White House. "And so I thought it was very unusual that he had it on. But I thought that was fine.

I wasn't criticizing him at all. Why would I do a thing like that?"

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/499633-biden-changes-twitter-facebook-avatars-to-him-wearing-mask

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Biden changes Twitter, Facebook avatars to him wearing mask (Original Post) left-of-center2012 May 2020 OP
That's awesome! ffr May 2020 #1
Like Greta Thunberg did Mike 03 May 2020 #2
Nice, Corgigal May 2020 #3
Good for him! That's the best way to get back at tRump lettucebe May 2020 #4
Excellent. Good people wear masks. C_U_L8R May 2020 #5
Joe Biden Tweet with Mask.. Thank You! Cha May 2020 #6
Yes! Go on the offensive. Everyone should do the same. OrlandoDem2 May 2020 #7
and that what you do: double down on what's right AlexSFCA May 2020 #8

ffr

(23,335 posts)
1. That's awesome!
Tue May 26, 2020, 06:04 PM
May 2020

Stand and lead.

Take a picture rePuticans, because this is going to be the next president of these United States in a few short months!

Mike 03

(18,690 posts)
2. Like Greta Thunberg did
Tue May 26, 2020, 06:05 PM
May 2020

She took the thing Trump attacked about her and turned it into a strength, effectively mocking Trump for mocking her.

Corgigal

(9,298 posts)
3. Nice,
Tue May 26, 2020, 06:06 PM
May 2020

now shadow Trump. Where ever he is, show up in the same location and wear the mask.

Pretend, Trump doesn’t exist. We all try too.

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