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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNOT A "GOOD LOOK" - White House balked on masks in February due to optics
LONG report.
Not a 'good look': White House fight over masks signaled Covid-19 plans running awry
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/01/politics/white-house-face-masks-coronavirus-culture/index.html
CNN)The first masks arrived on the White House grounds in February by special order of the National Security Council, mobilizing early on to address the emerging threat of the coming coronavirus. Job One in their emergency response was to take personal precautions, preparing for the critical work at hand, multiple officials tell CNN.
But word that some NSC staffers were being told to wear masks quickly made its way back to the West Wing and it wasn't long before a sharp dictum came down.
"If you have the whole West Wing running around wearing masks, it wasn't a good look," one administration official recalled of the directive that came down from senior staff and lawyers.
The West Wing wanted to "portray confidence and make the public believe there was absolutely nothing to worry about," the official said, revealing the image-conscious reason for the opposition to masks for the first time.
dalton99a
(81,481 posts)dchill
(38,485 posts)212,000 coffins.
malaise
(268,980 posts)Thanks Killa Con
Johnny2X2X
(19,061 posts)But FUCK these assholes!!!! 211,000 dead! Many because the White House didn't think masks were a good look. FUCK YOU TRUMP AND FUCK YOUR WHOLE WHITE HOUSE!!!
dhill926
(16,337 posts)underpants
(182,791 posts)In light of the news tonight.
BlueSpot
(855 posts)UpInArms
(51,282 posts)I just thought that death was unbecoming