Washington Gov. Jay Inslee
Jay Robert InsleeWashington state pauses reopening over rise in coronavirus case Sunday shows preview: With coronavirus cases surging, lawmakers and health officials weigh in Fight over COVID-19 workplace rules moves to states MORE (D) blasted the White House’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, accusing President Trump
Donald John TrumpFour men charged for trying to tear down Andrew Jackson statue in DC Video shows workers removed social distancing signs before Trump Tulsa rally: WaPo Biden slams Trump for not sanctioning Russia over Afghan militant 'bounties' intelligence MORE of politicizing mitigation measures and saying Vice President Pence has created an overly optimistic picture of the situation.
“When I heard the vice president talk about how things are just hunky-dory, it’s just maddening,” Inslee said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” Sunday. “The situation is critical in many places across the United States and all the happy thoughts and wishful thinking in the world is not going to wash that away.”
Inslee called on Trump to show leadership on wearing masks, saying: “We know that’s the solution from a health standpoint and a way to reopen the economy,” and saying that “from day one” the president has “downplayed and distorted and disabled our ability to fight this war.”
.@GovInslee on @realdonaldtrump: "We sure could use some leadership from the president….he's distorted our ability to fight this war."
Adds, "Donald trump is for #maskingup like [former Alabama Gov.] George Wallace was for integration." pic.twitter.com/s3gxW2Agxo
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) June 28, 2020
“The moment Donald Trump tweeted he wanted to liberate Michigan from the health messages of [Michigan] Governor [Gretchen] Whitmer [D], all of the people wearing MAGA hats decided they didn’t want to help out as much,” Inslee added.
The Washington governor went on to excoriate the president for focusing on the vandalism of monuments as coronavirus numbers continue to climb.
“We need a president who will care more about living Americans and less about dead Confederates,” he said.
Inslee said more progress could be made if mitigation efforts were not seen as a political issue.
“If we can get everyone wearing a MAGA hat to wear a mask, we are going to contain this virus,” he said. “This is the way to open our economy, if we get people to mask up and reopen our economy, that’ll be a good day for everyone.”
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