'I sort of liked the way it looked,' Trump said. 'It was a dark black mask, and I thought it looked OK. It looked like the Lone Ranger.'
and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, have publicly urged Americans in recent days to wear a mask in public when they are unable to practice social distancing.
“Unfortunately, this simple lifesaving practice has become part of a political debate that says: If you're for Trump, you don't wear a mask. If you're against Trump, you do," Alexander said during a hearing on the COVID-19 outbreak. Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, has called for face masks be mandatory in public as part of his response plan to COVID-19.
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