Ohio Governor: I Wish Trump Had ‘a More Happy Relationship With Masks’
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) is urging the residents of his state to wear masks and wishes President Donald Trump would do the same. During an interview with NPR’s “All Things Considered,” DeWine was asked how he comes to…
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) is urging the residents of his state to wear masks and wishes President Donald Trump would do the same.
During an interview with NPR’s “All Things Considered,” DeWine was asked how he comes to terms with his calls for wearing masks and social distancing with Trump who is not doing those things, as host Mary Louise Kelly put it.
“I certainly wish the president had a more happy relationship with masks. We know so much more today than we knew in March. We now know that these masks really work,” DeWine said on Wednesday.
According to DeWine, he is not seeing the spread of COVID-19 in schools or businesses, but in the “personal decisions that people are making” not to wear masks.
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DeWine tested positive for COVID-19 in August and then tested negative hours later, as IJR previously reported.
On Wednesday, Ohio reported at least 55 new coronavirus related deaths and 4,071 new cases.
The state has seen an average of 3,552 cases each day over this past week, compared to the two week prior.
Since the onset of the outbreak, there have been at least 230,209 cases and 5,428 deaths in Ohio alone.