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underpants

(182,277 posts)
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 12:31 PM Oct 2020

NOT A "GOOD LOOK" - White House balked on masks in February due to optics

LONG report.



Not a 'good look': White House fight over masks signaled Covid-19 plans running awry

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/01/politics/white-house-face-masks-coronavirus-culture/index.html

CNN)The first masks arrived on the White House grounds in February by special order of the National Security Council, mobilizing early on to address the emerging threat of the coming coronavirus. Job One in their emergency response was to take personal precautions, preparing for the critical work at hand, multiple officials tell CNN.

But word that some NSC staffers were being told to wear masks quickly made its way back to the West Wing and it wasn't long before a sharp dictum came down.

"If you have the whole West Wing running around wearing masks, it wasn't a good look," one administration official recalled of the directive that came down from senior staff and lawyers.

The West Wing wanted to "portray confidence and make the public believe there was absolutely nothing to worry about," the official said, revealing the image-conscious reason for the opposition to masks for the first time.

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NOT A "GOOD LOOK" - White House balked on masks in February due to optics (Original Post) underpants Oct 2020 OP
Kick dalton99a Oct 2020 #1
You know what's not a good look? dchill Oct 2020 #2
211,000+ dead people - that's a great look malaise Oct 2020 #3
Pardon my French Johnny2X2X Oct 2020 #4
your French is immaculate... dhill926 Oct 2020 #5
Oui underpants Oct 2020 #6
Kick underpants Oct 2020 #7
Wonder how it's looking now. n/t BlueSpot Oct 2020 #8
I just didn't know that it was such a fashion statement UpInArms Oct 2020 #9

Johnny2X2X

(18,745 posts)
4. Pardon my French
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 12:45 PM
Oct 2020

But FUCK these assholes!!!! 211,000 dead! Many because the White House didn't think masks were a good look. FUCK YOU TRUMP AND FUCK YOUR WHOLE WHITE HOUSE!!!

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