Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell walks back to his office after delivering opening remarks
A growing number of leading Republicans are publicly embracing expert-recommended face masks as a means to slowing the spread of the deadly coronavirus, in the wake of more than 125,000 Americans killed by the virus.
In recent months, the topic of wearing masks has become politically divisive, despite official health guidance that they are one of the best defenses to restricting the spread of the deadly respiratory disease, COVID-19, from one person to another.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell endorsed wearing face masks as part of a “new middle ground” between a return to normal life and strict coronavirus restrictions.