CNN reporter Kaitlin Collins criticized President Trump for taking his mask off and in response, the Trump campaign called out her mask-wearing actions.
According to The Daily Wire:
CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins bemoaned President Donald Trump taking off his mask when he returned to the White House from Walter Reed Medical Center late on Monday only to have her past actions with masks called into question by the Trump campaign.
“Yeah and let us remind viewers now that the president is on steroids and a drug that fewer than 10 people outside of clinical trials have gotten inside the United States to deal with coronavirus,” Collins said. “He had a level of treatment and a level of care that most Americans would not get. That’s understandable, he is the president of the United States, obviously everyone expects that.”
Only days into his diagnosis, the first thing President Trump does when he gets back to the White House is take his mask off. pic.twitter.com/kyqvHcSbIl
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 5, 2020
The Trump campaign quickly hit back at Collins, highlighting a video clip from earlier this year where she immediately took her mask off inside the White House press briefing room — an enclosed indoor space where other people were present — after she apparently thought the cameras had been turned off following the end of a news conference.
The campaign tweeted: “CNN reporters like Kaitlin Collins obsess over masks when the cameras are on, but when they think they’re off, off comes their masks!”
CNN reporters like Kaitlin Collins obsess over masks when the cameras are on, but when they think they’re off, off comes their masks!pic.twitter.com/IpPSvgDqhc
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 5, 2020
Others responded, as well:
Which is fine. No one is near him. https://t.co/aX584Xhs16
— Jon Gabriel (@exjon) October 5, 2020
You can dislike how Trump has handled the covid messaging and still acknowledge that he isn't endangering anyone by standing 100 ft. from everyone else outside. https://t.co/3rXMCSZZkb
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) October 5, 2020
What would you like him to do? Start crying like a little bitch so you can report that he’s …crying like a little bitch? He could have a hazmat suit on and you would report … he’s a fucking lunatic in a hazmat suit. You hate him. Just report that. https://t.co/ZSDOuP1Rg6
— Kirstie Alley (@kirstiealley) October 6, 2020
https://twitter.com/dbongino/status/1313278167902281729
The closest human being to him is about 100 feet away.
Can you please stop pandering? https://t.co/VeEYfEK5sP
— Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) October 6, 2020
Trump has reminded Americans to not let the virus dominate their lives and thanked those who took care of him at Walter Reed.