On opening day of the DNC, the Trump campaign starts selling branded face masks

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  • The Trump campaign on Monday announced that it's launching the sale of branded coronavirus face masks, which carry words like "Trump" and "MAGA."
  • It's a big reversal for the president, who's steadfastly refused to let himself be seen wearing a face mask for much of the pandemic and has always stopped short of calling for their widespread usage.
  • In late July, he tweeted a photo of himself wearing one that seemed to finally represent a change of heart.

The Trump campaign on Monday made an announcement that would have seemed improbable just a month or two ago, when the president was still staunchly resisting being seen with a face mask -- even dismissing them at one point as a "double-edged sword." So it came as a bit of surprise that on Monday (which, incidentally, was opening night for the 2020 Democratic National Convention) Trump's campaign announced that it will begin selling Trump-branded coronavirus face masks.

It should go without saying, it's laughably easy to tut-tut and shake your head at the obviously necessary -- and ridiculously late -- course-correction here. But it should not go without saying that, bottom line, this is a good thing. If it takes selling MAGA-branded face masks to get more people and Trump supporters heretofore resistant to assorted public guidelines thus far during the pandemic, there will be a public health benefit to more people wearing more face masks.

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On opening day of the DNC, the Trump campaign starts selling branded face masks originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 17 Aug 2020 at 23:49:06 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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