Democratic candidate Joe Biden was pictured wearing two face masks at a campaign stop in North Carolina over the weekend, reenforcing recent criticisms made by President Trump that his rival uses them as a safety blanket.
Biden was pictured wearing a reusable a cloth mask on top of a regular surgical mask:
For Joe Biden, two face masks are better than one in the era of COVID-19 https://t.co/Wn6UNNfXj7 via @YahooNews
— Edward A. Rowe (@EdwardARowe1) October 19, 2020
Two #masks ? #Biden #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/jXLHR98Vlw
— Upshot Sleuth ( @ ??) (@UpshotSleuth) October 19, 2020
President Trump commented at a rally last month that he doubts anyone knows “a man that likes a mask as much” as Biden.
“It gives him a feeling of security,” the president said adding “If I was a psychiatrist, I’d say this guy has some big issues.”
During the first debate, Trump again raised the mask issue, saying “I don’t wear a mask like him. Every time you see him, he’s got a mask. He could be speaking 200 feet away from him and he shows up with the biggest mask I’ve ever seen.”
In another speech, Trump claimed that Biden doesn’t care about Americans, only about himself, and avoiding the virus.
Trump told the crowd “By the way, did you see one of the last big rallies he had? A reporter came up to him to ask him a question, he said, ‘No, no, no. Stand back, put on your mask, put on a mask. Have you been tested? I’m way far away from those other people.’ That’s what he said, ‘I’m going to be okay.’ He’s not worried about you. He’s not worried about the people out there.”
Biden has previously been seen wearing two masks:
Why is Joe Biden wearing two masks? pic.twitter.com/ka1tynEvMs
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) October 14, 2020
Leftists take note, two masks is now the norm:
https://twitter.com/KevinLeeMorris/status/1317970486869909504
https://twitter.com/JaneRepublican/status/1317976954058977280
https://twitter.com/remlapjb/status/1317947418470617088
It’s catching on…
My new husband and I voted for Biden two days after our wedding! Our masks were quite a hit with the volunteers at the registrar’s office ?#newlyweds #gotv pic.twitter.com/y6qgaoohkY
— Caitlin Summer (@3starrunner) October 18, 2020
Or is it just a way of avoiding answering awkward questions?
https://twitter.com/brandonvickers/status/1317912267992801281
https://twitter.com/99probl50859517/status/1317616950441246720
https://twitter.com/DeniseMicheleS1/status/1317894814831013890
