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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMcConnell makes strong call for masks, saying there should be no stigma
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Monday that wearing a mask cannot be stigmatized, calling wearing one in public part of the country's new routine amid the coronavirus pandemic.
"It's the task of each family, each small business, each employer and all levels of government to apply common sense and make this happen. ... we must have no stigma none about wearing masks when we leave our homes and come near other people," he said.
"Wearing simple face coverings is not about protecting ourselves. It is about protecting everyone we encounter," he added. McConnell has encouraged mask wearing amid the coronavirus, including saying in Kentucky on Friday that they were a "way to indicate that you want to protect others."
Vice President Pence told CBS News that the White House was trying to defer to governors and other local officials on wearing a mask. One of the elements of the genius of America is the principle of federalism, of state and local control, Pence said on CBSs Face the Nation on Sunday. We've made it clear that we want to defer to governors. We want to defer to local officials, and people should listen to them.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/505091-mcconnell-makes-strong-call-for-masks-saying-there-should-be-no-stigma
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)I pray I live JUST so I can see you and Barr in prison...
I actually dont think about much else anymore.
dhill926
(16,337 posts)fuck off asshole....
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)...or, if that would be too bold, at least go and commiserate with Little Susie Collins about how "troubled" they both are that people they enabled aren't doing what they promised.
enough
(13,259 posts)tavernier
(12,388 posts)So we never have to see his face again.
malaise
(268,980 posts)130,000 dead people later - fuck off MoscowMitch!
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)Sure you do, Mikey. Remember, a couple of weeks after the majority of states mandated isolation, that your boss was claiming he had "unlimited power" to order the states to reopen, and the governors could just go pound sand?
Ms. Toad
(34,069 posts)requirements imposed by local officials.
Iggo
(47,552 posts)snort
(2,334 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)marmar
(77,080 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)This pandemic began at the start of the year. Where the hell have you been? Hiding in your goofy-ass shell?
Total leadership fail.
Xolodno
(6,390 posts)...when your voters start dropping dead.
RANDYWILDMAN
(2,672 posts)NOW, too late buddy
JmAln
(69 posts)I thought wearing a mask meant I was against Trump. Which is it Moscow Mitch?