Reuters journalist Jeff Mason instead offered to speak louder.
President DonaldTrump demanded a reporter remove his mask while asking a question during a Labor Day news conference, but the journalist politely refused.
Reuters reporter Jeff Mason instead offered to speak louder, New York Post reports.
“You’re going to have to take that off, please. Just, you can take it off. You’re, how many feet are you away?” Trump said.
“I’ll speak a lot louder,” Mason responded, but Trump wasn’t having it.
“Well, if you don’t take it off, you are very muffled. So if you would take it off, it would be a lot easier,” Trump insisted.
“I’ll just speak a lot louder. Is that better?,” asked Mason, who was wearing a protective mask per CDC guidelines.
Trump, visibly annoyed with an audible sigh, said, “It’s better. Yeah — it’s better.”
When he later took a question from a reporter who was not wearing a mask, Trump said, “You sound so clear, as opposed to everybody else where they refused.”
"You sound so clear, as opposed to everybody else where they refuse" — Trump praises a reporter for not wearing a mask pic.twitter.com/AA8pz6v4ob
During the news conference on Monday, Trump defended his administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He also slammed his Nov. 3 presidential opponent Joe Biden and his VP running mate, U.S. Senator Kamala Harris.
“Biden and his very liberal running mate, the most liberal person in Congress by the way – is not a competent person in my opinion, would destroy this country and would destroy this economy – should immediately apologize for the reckless anti-vaccine rhetoric that they are talking right now,” said Trump, adding: “It undermines science.”
Harris previously explained why she would reject Trump’s coronavirus vaccine.
“I think that’s going to be an issue for all of us,” Harris said in an interview Sunday with CNN’s Dana Bash. “Because he’s looking at an election coming up in less than 60 days and he’s grasping for whatever he can get to pretend that he has been a leader on this issue when he is not.”
She added, “I would not trust Donald Trump and it would have to be a credible source of information that talks about the efficacy and the reliability of whatever he’s talking about,” Harris said. “If past is prologue [then] they will not. [Scientists] will be muzzled, they’ll be suppressed, they will be sidelined.”
She also addressed Trump politicizing the issue of wearing a mask.
“Nobody likes to wear a mask,” Harris said, adding “we each have to sacrifice for the sake of the nation and the collective.”
Trump first publicly wore a mask on July 11 during his visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, per Wingrove.
During the press conference on Monday, Trump once again rejected the controversial report in The Atlantic that alleges he referred to fallen U.S. soldiers as “suckers” and “losers.”
“The story is a hoax,” Trump said. “Who would say a thing like that? Only an animal would say a thing like that.”
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For Mental Health Awareness week, BLACK ENTERPRISE is compiling useful guides and resources for those struggling with mental health issues within the Black community. Self-care is important to implement into your daily routine and can involve different activities that can reduce your stress level.
One of those activities? Listening to podcasts. Here are some that are centered around conversations on mental health within the Black community
Lauren Ash is the founder of Black Girl in Om, a collective that centers Black women in wellness and resources for those looking to implement a healthy self-care routine.
Inspired by her directory of the same name, Therapy for Black Girls is hosted by Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, who discusses different topics related to Black women dealing with mental health-related issues.
Created by holistic nutritionist and creative arts therapy candidate, Jennifer Sterling, this podcast centers around discussions with women of color struggling with depression, anxiety, and recovering from trauma while offering useful tips on how BIPOC women can thrive.
Eliza Boquin and Eboni Harris, two licensed therapists, created the show through their Melanin & Mental Health, a service for individuals to connect with local licensed therapists specializing in mental health illness within the Black and Latinx communities.
This weekly podcast hosted by T-Kea Blackman, a suicide survivor and the founder of Fireflies Unite, a media and communications company focused on mental health-related issues. The show shares stories from different individuals of color who are learning to cope with mental health illness while encouraging those to seek treatment and break the stigma around conversations on mental health.
Despite all of their lamenting of how “overly sensitive” this new generation is, white conservatives are and have always been the most fragile people to walk this here Earth—and Donald Trump is their president. Oh, Trump may not be as smart as some of these ivy league Republicans wish he was, but he still represents…
The 22-year-old tennis star has worn a different mask for every one of her matches during the 2020 tournament.
Tennis phenom Naomi Osaka rolled into the U.S. Open quarterfinals by beating Anett Kontaveit, but it was the mask Osaka wore upon entering Flushing Meadows that made news Sunday.
Osaka wore a mask noting the name of Florida teen Trayvon Martin, who, in 2012, was shot and killed by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman.
Naomi Osaka of Japan talks in a post-match interview after her Women’s Singles fourth-round match 2020 US Open win against Anett Kontaveit of Estonia. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
Zimmerman was later acquitted of the murder.
The 22-year-old Osaka has worn a different mask for every one of her matches during the 2020 U.S. Open. She has so far donned masks bearing the names of Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain, Ahmaud Arbery and, most recently, Martin to show her support for the social justice movement Black Lives Matter.
“I remember Trayvon’s death clearly,” the tennis star, born to a Haitian father and Japanese mother, wrote on Twitter. “I remember being a kid and just feeling scared. I know his death wasn’t the first but for me, it was the one that opened my eyes to what was going on. To see the same things happening over and over still is sad.”
Osaka, who is a two-time Grand Slam champion, will play in her quarter-final today against Shelby Rogers, who is currently unseeded.
“I haven’t played her in a while but she’s a great player,” Osaka said about Rogers. “I’m just going into it very optimistic. I feel like I would be the underdog since I’ve never beaten her.”
Everything you need to know to get your ballot on time and make sure it gets counted.
Like just about every other facet of life in America, Election Day is going to look a little bit different in 2020. Though voters will still go to the polls, at least in most states, a record number of people are expected to vote by mail from the comfort of their homes.
But while in a normal election you probably just need to know two dates — when to register to vote by, and what day the election is — there are a few more to keep track of if you plan to vote by mail this November.
Vox is here to help.
First, make sure you’reregistered — some states’ relevant deadlines are as early as October 4 (many have later deadlines if you are voting in person). Then you should know what types of voting your state allows, and where it falls on the spectrum of making it easy (or hard) for voters to cast their ballots by mail.
Though only a few states conduct their elections solely through the mail, the vast majority of American states and territories have expanded absentee voting during the pandemic to permit any voter to cast a ballot by mail. Some, however, still have strict requirements for who can get an absentee ballot.
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Specifically, most states require that you submit an absentee ballotrequest (absentee voting is functionally the same thing as mail-in voting, despite what President Donald Trump may say). Then it’s a good idea to know when you can expect your ballot to show up, and of course when you need to return it so that it’s counted. For ballot requests and/or returns, remember the relevant deadline may be for receipt, not postmarking.
Treat the deadlines with extreme caution, though: The USPS warned 46 states and the District of Columbia in late July this year that the anticipated surge of absentee voting could be such that some ballots arrive too late to be counted. What’s more, Trump’s unfounded animus against mail-in voting and changes at the US Postal Service could make things even harder. None of that is to dissuade you from voting by mail, but it should underscore the critical importance of requesting your ballot early and voting early.
Some more words of warning: The rules aren’t totally settled in some places. And there are a lot of active lawsuits over state election laws right now, some of which are trying to make it easier to vote absentee and others that are trying to cut back on it. It’s always a good idea to check with your local elections office about deadlines and rules that may vary by county; rules for military and overseas voters vary, too. Finally, be sure to fill out and seal your ballot carefully, as it may be rejected if it’s missing a requirement like a matching signature. In several states, certification by a witness or notary may be required.
But if you are planning to vote by mail, Vox has collected the dates you need to know — deadlines to register to vote (if you want to vote by mail), deadlines to apply for an absentee ballot, dates when ballots are expected to go out to voters, and deadlines to return your ballot — right here.
Read on for those dates in all 50 states and Washington, DC, organized by how easy or difficult it is to vote by mail in each. Or go ahead and do a page “find” search to see your state deadlines quickly. Again, it’s best to get started well before the deadlines to account for mailing windows, and these dates are subject to change. Check with a local election official if you have any questions about how to vote.
The vote-by-mail states
If you live in Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Utah, or Washington, you’re in luck. All five states already use universal vote-by-mail systems, so, pandemic notwithstanding, not much has changed. If you’re registered to vote, a ballot should show up in your mailbox — you just need to get it back in the mail, or into a ballot dropbox, early enough that it’s received by your state’s deadline — or well before it.
That’s not to say you couldn’t go vote in-person on Election Day if you wanted to — voting centers or county elections offices in all five states allow you to cast a vote day-of if you so choose — but voting by mail is more readily accessible.
Register to vote by: Oct. 26 or by Nov. 3 in person
Ballots expected to start to be mailed out: Oct. 16
Return your ballot by: Postmarked by Nov. 3
The absentee-ballot-for-all states
If you live in California, Nevada, New Jersey, Vermont, or the District of Columbia, voting absentee should be straightforward. On account of the coronavirus pandemic, all four states and DC plan to automatically send absentee ballots to registered voters.
In Nevada and New Jersey, things have been complicated by pending lawsuit Trump campaign lawsuits that seek to block the states from sending an absentee ballot to every registered voter. As Vox’s Ian Millhiser points out, there are plenty of reasons to doubt that effort will succeed — but it’s worth keeping an eye on as Election Day draws closer.
In any case, if you live in one of these states and you’re registered to vote, you should have an absentee ballot coming your way ahead of the November election. Here’s when you can expect them, and when they need to be returned by to be counted:
Ballots expected to start to be mailed out: Sept. 18
Return your ballot by: Received by 7 pm on Nov. 3 or returned to the town clerk’s office by close of business on Nov. 2
The states with no-excuse absentee ballot applications
If you live in one of these 35 states, you have one more step to deal with before you can vote from home. Though almost every state has expanded absentee ballot access in the face of the coronavirus pandemic (we’ll get to the ones that haven’t — like Texas and Mississippi — in a minute), most still require voters to request an absentee ballot. That means there are at least two dates to know: when you need to submit your request by, and when your ballot needs to be returned by.
In some cases, like Iowa, every registered voter will be sent an absentee ballot application to fill out if they wish. In other states, you might need to seek out an application on the state’s election website (frequently found on the secretary of state’s site).
Montana is somewhat of a strange case: In addition to having no-excuse absentee voting, counties have the option of switching to something more similar to universal mail-in voting in the pandemic. Most have done so, though all will have in-person polling places open as well.
And while some of the following states always allow for no-excuse absentee voting, others in this category have only recently adopted that policy in response to Covid-19. Yet others, such as Alabama and Kentucky, still technically require an excuse — but coronavirus concerns are enough.
One last thing: Several states, like Wyoming and Minnesota, don’t have a ballot request deadline to speak of, but that doesn’t mean you don’t need to do it early. Just because you can request a ballot up to Nov. 2 doesn’t mean it’ll show up in time for you to vote it.
Ballots expected to start to be mailed out: Sept. 18
Return your ballot by: 7 pm on Nov. 3 (This could be extended — a judge ruled in August that Georgia must accept ballots that are postmarked by Nov. 3 through by Nov. 6, but the state is appealing.)
Ballots expected to start to be mailed out: Sept. 18
Return your ballot by: 7 pm on Nov. 3
The rest (states with excuse-required absentee ballot applications)
With fewer than 60 days until the general election, there are still a handful of states that have done relatively little to accommodate for the reality of a largely uncontrolled pandemic. In Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas, you still need an excuse to request an absentee ballot — and generalized coronavirus concerns don’t count.
In some cases, that could change — pending legislation in South Carolina could expand access to absentee ballots to everyone. But for now, here’s what you need to know to vote by mail in these six states:
Eligible excuses to request an absentee ballot can be found here
Request your ballot by: Oct. 23
Ballots expected to start to be mailed out: Sept. 19
Return your ballot by: Postmarked by Nov. 3; received by 5 pm on Nov. 4
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