Some Simple Math On Trump And Masks

If the President wore a mask, many more Americans would wear masks. How many? We don’t think it’s a stretch to say millions and millions…

All you need to do is look at the numbers.

Let’s break it down: there are around 30,000,000 registered Republicans in this country. Let’s take Trump at his word that he has a 96% approval rating among registered Republicans. So that’s around 29,000,000 Trump “fans”. Now let’s say just 10% of them are not wearing a mask because the President is not wearing a mask, and would be wearing a mask if the President was wearing a mask.

That’s 2,900,000 more people who would we wearing a mask if the President was. But they’re not. That’s equivalent to the population of Chicago.

Think there’s any chance that’s turned into zero infections? Zero spread? How many people got sick and continue to get sick because of Trump’s vanity?

Think Trump’s self-professed popularity numbers are baloney? Then let’s take the most recent poll from Gallup: it shows Trump’s approval rating now at 85% among Republicans. So that’s 25 and a half million people. Take the same 10%, and you’d have 2,500,000 more mask wearers.