Lead story on the nightly news:
Trump finally put on a mask. Dear nutty right-wing people: It's okay now for you to do it too.
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) July 11, 2020
Day late, 130,000 short https://t.co/ZwQAXmF5RG
— Greg Pinelo (@gregpinelo) July 11, 2020
I frankly suspect his handlers dragged him to Walter Reed for an up-close-and-personal view of just what those ‘not so bad’ coronavirus victims are actually going through. Trump’s incapable of visualizing anything not Donald Trump, but seeing just how unflattering the full ‘hooked up to machinery’ look really is…
Also, while he couldn’t give a damn about the virus punishing his Base — pawns are fungible — signups for the ‘postponed’ Portsmouth rally might just have scared him into believing that if he didn’t start modelling mask-wearing, people wouldn’t show up for him any more. And then where would he get his adulation fixes? Mike Pence and Lindsay Graham just don’t do it for him any more!
truly incredible. pic.twitter.com/zyNoimdvTl
— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) July 11, 2020
Within twelve hours Trump will say he’s worn a mask for months
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) July 11, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 3,173,212 coronavirus cases https://t.co/gzRWTpkdB2 pic.twitter.com/SNKmmiDAiy
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 11, 2020
A long-expected upturn in U.S. coronavirus deaths has begun, driven by fatalities in states in the South and West. Over the last two weeks, data shows daily reported deaths increased in 27 states over the last two weeks. https://t.co/QddU2XHxoc
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 11, 2020
Americans need straight talk about what’s going to happen in the coming weeks and months. Covid is not going to stop on its own. The virus will continue to spread until we stop it. https://t.co/NpaCoOk9xQ
— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) July 11, 2020
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