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Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Senior GOP lawmaker says Trump should wear mask
A leading Republican senator says US President Donald Trump should start wearing a mask at least some of the time, because politics is getting in the way of protecting the American people from COVID-19.
Sen. Lamar Alexander speaks during a committee hearing on June 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Al Drago/Pool/Getty Images/AFP)
“The stakes are too high for the political debate about pro-Trump, anti-Trump masks to continue,” says Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee.
Alexander is chairing a hearing of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee that’s focused on ways to safely reopen schools and workplaces.
Alexander had to self-quarantine after he was exposed to a staff member who tested positive. But the senator says he was protected because the staffer was wearing a mask.
— AP
