So, yeah, Trump came “home” to the White House yesterday, and took his mask off, resulting in apoplexy from those who have zero idea about the mask mandates
Trump, still infectious, back at White House — without mask
President Donald Trump staged a dramatic return to the White House after leaving the military hospital where he was receiving an unprecedented level of care for COVID-19. He immediately ignited a new controversy by declaring that despite his illness the nation should not fear the virus that has killed more than 210,000 Americans — and then he entered the White House without a protective mask.
Trump’s message alarmed infectious disease experts and suggested the president’s own illness had not caused him to rethink his often-cavalier attitude toward the disease, which has also infected the first lady and several White House aides, including new cases revealed Monday.
Landing Monday night at the White House on Marine One, Trump gingerly climbed the South Portico steps, removed his mask and declared, “I feel good.†He gave a double thumbs-up to the departing helicopter from the portico terrace, where aides had arranged American flags for the sunset occasion. He entered the White House, where aides were visible milling about the Blue Room, without wearing a face covering.
This is another occasion where the media proves why they are untrusted and considered utterly biased. This is an AP article that reads more like opinion. Regardless, here’s Sleepy Joe Biden
Joe Biden slams ‘macho’ refusal to wear masks as Donald Trump rips his off
Former Vice President Joe Biden called out President Donald Trump’s family for opting to take off their masks at last week’s presidential debate in Cleveland – while blasting a ‘macho’ attitude that avoids mask wearing.
Biden spoke Monday night just minutes after Trump left Walter Reed medical facility to reenter the White House – taking off his own mask to be photographed and then reentering the White House.(snip)
Biden said he himself ‘would communicate the right lesson to the American people’ and said emphatically that ‘masks matter.’ (snip)
Asked about Trump’s dramatic arrival, Biden said: ‘I would hope that the president having gone through what he went through, and I’m glad he seems to be coming along pretty well, would communicate the right lesson to the American people,’ the former vice president said.
‘Masks matter. These masks, they matter. It matters. It saves lives. It prevents the spread of the disease.’
It’s a good thing Joe was wearing a mask while on stage with Lester Holt at the NBC informercial, right?
@JoeBiden should get his people to use that new fangled world wide web, he'd learn that 33 states, DC, and Puerto Rico have mask mandates, most are all the same. (Joe's not wearing a mask) https://t.co/yYlYooREkD https://t.co/ZsgWFAO988
— William Teach2 ??????? #refuseresist (@WTeach2) October 6, 2020
No masks. Huh. Joe further said “Biden said he would encourage governors and mayors to establish mask mandates. Health officials largely agree that wearing any kind of face mask, coupled with social distancing and frequent hand-washing, is more protective than going unmasked.” Again, 33 states, D.C., and Puerto Rico have them. And they’ve been in place for months. Late May at a minimum. Let’s look at D.C.’s, which is relevant (but, doesn’t necessarily apply to federal buildings)
III. OUTDOOR AND TRANSIT-RELATED WEARING OF MASKS
Except as specified in Section IV of this Order:
1. Persons leaving their residences shall wear a mask when they are likely to come into contact with another person, such as being within six feet of another person for more than a fleeting time; and
2. Persons who are operating or a passenger in a taxi or a vehicle that is part of a Transportation Network Company, or who are a passenger on or operator of any form of public transit in the District, including a bus, subway, streetcar, shuttle bus or van, or school bus, must wear a mask at all such times.
IV. EXCEPTIONS
1. Wearing a mask is not required when:
2. The enforcement provisions of this Order shall not be applied to persons in the judicial or legislative branches of the District government while those persons are on duty; and shall not apply to any employees of the federal government while they are on duty.
So, really, Trump doesn’t need to wear one, unless D.C. considers the White House to be a business (but, still doesn’t apply to the federal government). And he came out on the balcony, and is not within 6 feet of anyone. Has anyone explained to Sleepy Joe these rules, which have been in effect for months?
