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https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/06/republicans-acknowledge-reality-coronavirus-masks.html

Republican Leadership-With One Big Exception-Does an About-Face on Masks

2020-06-30 23:54:16, Jim Newell, Slate Magazine

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/News/Politics

Word Count:
1240

Words/Sentence:
18

Reading Time:
8.27 min

Reading Quality:
Intermediate

Readability:
11th or 12th

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Lamar Alexander, the sane (and, relatedly, retiring) chairman of the Senate HELP Committee, called for the depoliticization of mask usage during a Wednesday hearing with Anthony Fauci.

The soaring rate of cases in Florida, Texas, and Arizona, especially, over the last week has prompted these Republican officials to emphasize in their messaging that covering one's face is not a sign of weakness, succumbing to an alarmist left, or expressing disapproval of Donald Trump.

Donald Trump not wearing a mask in the East Room of the White House on June 26, 2020 in Washington, DC.

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And I said – especially if I wear a mask and it opens up baseball, concerts, NFL football – I'd rather wear the mask and go to the game to protect Grandma, Grandpa, Mom and Dad and watch the ballgame."

In Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp, another Trumpster who was one of the earliest governors to begin reopening his state, embarked on a statewide "wear a mask" tour ahead of the holiday weekend.

Keywords
mitch-mcconnell, donald-trump, coronavirus, fox-news

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