But Trump has remained defiant, insisting on appearing in public without a mask on, planning campaign rallies inside massive arenas and demanding an in-person convention without social distancing measures in Jacksonville, Florida. In May, he retweeted a message linking to an anti-mask column that read"masks aren't about public health but social control."
When pressed on whether the president's handling of the pandemic deserved praise or was hurting Republicans politically, McConnell ignored the president's efforts completely. Since April, the Cook Political Report has moved ratings for Republicans in red states like Alaska, Georgia and even South Carolina, where Sen. Lindsey Graham has a stronger challenger and a tougher general election than he has faced in the past.
"You don't have the president of the United States and his re-elect running ads in Georgia if things were fine," said Antonia Ferrier, a former McConnell spokeswoman and longtime GOP strategist, referring to the thousands of dollars in ads Trump's campaign is running in a state that is usually reliably GOP.
Its about time
SmithBlindlib5 They realized, oh shit, most of them are in the high risk group.
It's not about health.
Ah, the scramble begins to get on the right side of the issue. Too late though. Their reticence to push masks despite the science will not be forgotten.
But not treason, election interference, subservience to a hostile country, emoluments, etc. They’re in lockstep with those.
Better late than never. BoycottTrump Don't tune in on the 4th of July. Ruin the ratings.
Been seeing a lot of ‘GOP distancing themselves from Trump on x’ headlines lately. Is the GOP gonna be okay guys?
A day late and a dollar short...
It is such a timid step of distancing themselves from Trump. Still tied at the hip
yes, to be safe they are staying like 6(million) feet away
Too little too late. Distance donald from his current title, say forever feet away!!!!
Election year. Gotta show you care until November third
FINALLY . . .
Distance .. get it ?😐
Great news, but creepy that he has chosen a school skirt to make his mask from at his age!
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BFD....they should be distancing themselves from him...PERIOD
Senate Republicans distance themselves from President Trump on coronavirus masks. If they 'distance themselves' then they don't need a mask. Ask Fauci who is the so called 'expert'.
So they had to wait for the bodies to pile up before they did what they should have been doing months ago.
JuddApatow They only wear them because their lips are so chapped from kissing Trumps ass.
It’s about time
Funny how 3.5 years in, GOP senators realize that tying their dinghy to the Titanic wasn’t the best move
MSNBC Propaganda Hahahaha Funny 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Republicans are pretending to keep a distance from Trump! Hypocritical Republicans!
kasie It’s about time people. Please stand for America and not for a man who hugs flags just to fool you all. He is no patriot. Check his tax returns. He took much more from the country than he ever gave. He has never served the people.. ever! Yet 40% of us blindly support him
Fake news!!
Watch ... Febuary 18th 2020 1 disease control expert Dr. Fauci says wash your hand but skip the mask.
Watch ... January 21st 2020 1 disease control expert Dr. Fauci says Covid19 is not a major threat and nothing americans need to worry about .
realDonaldTrump the fake news make story about our president.President always said to follow&put instruction in place to follow.President doesn’t want to give the fake media the pleasure of wearing mask but advice American to follow their states for covid 19
Wussies
When you describe republicans conduct it would be more accurate to stop referring to it as 'standing by' the president which implies some sort of moral strength. Refer to it honestly - as abdicating their responsibility for informed action. Please already stop enabling them.
Well, look at all the Globalist cockroaches coming out of hiding behind their Republican label. We knew this would happen. More to come. It's ok. Makes it easier to vote their asses out. All of the GLOBALISTS NEED TO GO! TREASON!
Who cares
over 127,000 dead, virus spiking nationwide, McConnell refuses to pass relief bill 2 and the republicans are going to take a principled stand - don't make me retch. This is for publicity only and will affect n o t h i n g
Now how about being actual human beings and denouncing his incompetence and hateful behavior? How about finally leaving the corrupt party they've been colluding with?
Republicans defy Trump, simply because their lives are on the line.
Not this guy ! He LOVES his pillows !
kasie They know he’s losing and they’re trying to save their seats. They all deserve to lose for not removing him after he was impeached VoteOutTheGOP
Trump has failed at this crucial moment in American history, when the entire country is counting on Washington’s Coronavirus pandemic response. He is responsible for so many deaths. He won't even model wearing a mask!
Distancing themselves from the Russian weapon!
To late you idiots
They're afraid that whatever Trump might have is contagious
marcorubio & SenRickScott - now help Floridians. Your party wanted DeSantis, now help us because he won’t.
Do republicans really think if trump put a mask on. It’s going to make a difference? That’s as stupid as them waiting for trump to make this perfect speech. To wipe away 3.6 years of insanity
Because of election time. Too late! We have watched the Republicans support Trump throughout his years of committing crimes. Wearing a mask is good sense, however, the Republicans have not worn masks for quite some time. Influence some other group besides Democrats!🇵🇷
No they don’t. Just the backstabbing RINOS like LamarAlexander do.
About blasted time.
All you young people put your lives on hold, so these politicians, who lived a long life, can live a little longer
So there is something they value more than re-election
Outing themselves as the rinos
Aww... Look Ma! We can Science! latetolunch meltingsnowballs
COVIDIOTS too late for them now we can't take another day or 4 years of these people they have ruined the country. AGAIN! marchtothepolls VoteOutTheGOP all of them! 💄Sheritha
Racial Dialogue must address acceptable conduct of black youth hanging around stores shoplifting breakage intimidating customers one reason police get called. Then issue becomes how police react
Too little, too late
Please wear a mask! God Bless you.
COVID19 distancing themselves is one thing but are they distancing themselves from the fact bounty money to kill American military or are they protecting Trump again. This is treason SenateGOP must take action now to remove Trump
Republicans would stop supporting Trump if they really wanted to distance themselves. They are as bad as Trump. Mary Trump recounts in her book the appalling way Donald Trump, Fred Trump’s favorite son, dismissed and derided Fred Trump when he began to succumb to Alzheimer’s.
Who the frick cares is the Orange Man wants to wear a mask or not? This is not news NBC....as usual
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Only about 3 months too late. Between ignoring science as over 100k died and ignoring Russian bounties on American heads, they all deserve to be voted out.
They should wear paper bags covering their whole heads...
VoteCongressTrueBlue Remove the RedMenace TraitorTrump MoscowMitchTraitor LindseyGrahamLiar GOPincompetenceKILLS TrumpCrimeFamily
Because it might affect them personally they finally speak out? Morally bankrupt, all of them.
Not far enough
Getting worried guys, it’s a little late.
More fake news. McConnell's statement doesn't mean they're distancing themselves from the president. FAKE HEADLINES!!
Could it be that they are growing a brain?
Devil worshipping democrats are going to get massacred at the polls in November.
How did you all get so crazy
You're dead late. Forthcoming 300,000 deaths?
Election stunts
Like we’re going to foget that the entire GOP has been in lock step enabling Traitorous Tyrannical Trump for the last 4 years? That the Cons stood back and did nothing while the pandemic raged? I don’t think so.
Too little too late. Fuck them all! They must be voted out, all of them!
IS AMERICA GREAT AGAIN YET ?
It’s a start. Some of them are facing tough re-election campaigns.
Oh they're going to own it.. it's going to be hung around their necks like an albatross.
They need to distance all of us from President Trump by convicting on this High Crime violation of 18 USC 2387.
How fucking brave of them.
Was reading a post earlier and someone finally gave a believable theory why Trump doesn't wear a mask. It's his makeup. He wears make up and he knows it'll stain the mask and embarrass him. Remember the Tulsa rally? When he returned with his tie off, his collar was smeared orange
Too late motherfuckers. GOPCowards
We are talking about defunding the wrong people. Why aren't we defunding politicians...in ALL parties?
They should also learn how to wear them.
No!!! Say it ain’t so!! FinallyYaBastards
It's almost as if they have spines, but not quite. All bad news, all the time. I sorta miss the days when half the internet was cat videos, and the other half was endless 'buffering' circles until you gave up.
How brave! Only doing the minimum right thing in order to improve their chances for re-election.
Too late. GOP is complicit in all the virus deaths. They should be tried for murder.
The American people will be distancing themselves from devil worshipping democrats on November 3rd.
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