Trump: ‘I’m All For Masks’ | Talking Points Memo

President Trump on Wednesday finally said that he supports wearing masks, after many Republican lawmakers spent the past week urging the public to adopt the practice in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 as cases spike in several cities.


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Wow, the internal polling must really, really, really suck…

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My first thought too!

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I felt like the Lone Ranger!

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JFC, it’s always about him…

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I mean, people have seen me wearing one

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Donnie, they weren’t talking about this, although it would be improvement for you.

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Would be a definite improvement on his looks…

Needs a gag though.

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I suspect that the GOP internals up and down the ballot are just horrific for them. We’ll know how bad it is after Labor Day if they start dumping him in droves.

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Would this suffice?

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Channeling @irasdad here: Trump’s blown so many polls recently that they’re dedicating a bathroom stall to him in the Warsaw Central train station.

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And as usual, he’s lying. He’s never worn one, and I’ll be astonished if he ever wears one in public.

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Fat Nixon is addicted to attention, good or bad. His need to seek adoration at his rallies exceeds his duty to his office and the protection of the American people. His is mentally ill and dangerous.

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Wow, Donnie, way to respond to the moment, about three months late. Oh, and no one believes you.

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Actually, that’s exactly what I had in mind. :joy:

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GOP is trying to push masks. Trump played along. It won’t last.

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“I don’t know if you need mandatory because you have many places in the country where people stay very long distance.”
Translated: “I’m not going to lift a finger to stop tens of thousands of Americans from dying in Florida, California, Arizona, and Texas, because no one lives in Wyoming.” Yes, Trump has a certain knack for making deranged nonsense sound superficially plausible. But it’s not much of a knack. He’s a deranged idiot, and our national media has just not been able to get that into its reporting.

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I don’t know if you need mandatory because you have many places in the country where people stay very long distance,” Trump said, referring to social distancing practices.

And there are many places where people think it is OK not to wear masks. But they might if the president showed some leadership and led by example.

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“President Trump on Wednesday finally said that he supports wearing masks.”

I understand he wore a Nixon mask on his honeymoon.

(Melaria insisted.)

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Per Pew Research…

59% Job Disaporoval for Trump

42% say Trump would be a TERRIBLE Prez…

BUT the internal polling must be worst or the Germ-Over-Party are so worried about their re-election…

But isn’t it MONTHS late and 129k+ death too many already?

Which mask is Trump going to wear?

OR

Addendum:

Trump polls in battleground states:

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