President Trump has declined to wear a mask from the moment he announced recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that all Americans wear masks when interacting with people outside of the home. He has continued to eschew masks even as the White House ordered everyone else (except Vice President Mike Pence) to wear them to work starting Monday. Pence has mostly refused to wear face coverings at public events. Americans overwhelmingly think both men should wear masks in public, according to Politico/Morning Consult poll to be released Wednesday morning.
More than 70 percent of respondents said Trump and Pence should wear face masks when they travel to public places, the poll found. That includes 82 percent of Democrats, 70 percent of independents, and 58 percent of Republicans, Politico teased Tuesday night. Only 12 percent said Trump and Pence should not wear masks.
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Right before Pence boarded his plane to Iowa, he learned that his press secretary, Katie Miller, had tested positive for COVID-19. He still did not wear a mask on Air Force Two, nor did his guests, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) or Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), The Intercept reported. The food executive were wearing masks while waiting for Pence — until an advance staffer from Washington told them they didn't have to wear them, the Des Moines Register reports.
The Politico/Morning Consult poll surveyed 1,994 registered voters nationwide May 8-10. It has a margin of sampling error of ±2 percentage points.
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