Kellyanne Conway Confronted About Trump Shifting His Rhetoric on Mask-Wearing

White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway was confronted about President 👤Donald Trump shifting his stance on mask-wearing.

During an appearance on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” Wednesday, Conway recalled Trump’s press briefing on Tuesday where he shifted his tone by telling Americans that the virus would get “worse before it gets better.” The president also urged people to wear masks where socially distancing is not a possibility.

Conway said, “I think for the president himself to provide that information to the public and to very humbly and forthrightly come forward and say, look, it’s going to get worse before it gets better, wear a mask, socially distance, do these things that are important.”

She continued, “And I would say to all these people out there who are resisting wearing a mask, listen, folks, it costs nothing, it takes two seconds and you’ll get your liberties back sooner if you wear your mask because things will open up faster.”

See Conway’s remarks below:

However, host Martha MacCallum interjected as she highlighted the difference in Trump’s rhetoric on Tuesday compared to the beginning of the pandemic.

“But, Kellyanne, I mean, you know, I guarantee that there are people at home who listen to that and say, why — why didn’t the White House have this message for all of us, you know, two months ago? Why — why now? Why wasn’t this, you know, pushed and emphasized and encouraged by the present back then where it might have made even more of a difference?”