White House counselor Kellyanne Conway appeared on Fox News on Wednesday where she was asked by host Martha MacCallum to explain why all of a sudden Donald Trump is telling people to wear masks to help combat COVID-19.
Conway then praised the president for telling people to protect themselves.
“I think it was incredibly important for the president of the United States to provide information to the public,” Conway said, before pivoting to attacking members of the media for “asking questions that had nothing to do with the development of vaccines and therapeutics.”
That’s when McCallum noted that Trump should have shared that message months ago.
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“But Kellyanne, I guarantee you there are people at home who will listen to that and say, why didn’t the White House have this message for all of us two months ago?” she asked. “Why now? Why wasn’t this pushed and emphasized and encouraged by the president back then when it might have made even more of a difference?”
“The president did say in April if people want to wear a mask, they should wear a mask,” Conway replied, although this was far from a strong recommendation.
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