Post by ekauqodielak on May 9, 2020 19:37:17 GMT -5
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/06/trump-live-and-let-die-mask-factory-video
www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-live-let-die-song-mask/
Originally a 1973 James Bond theme song by British-American rock band Paul McCartney & Wings, the song “Live and Let Die” resurfaced in the American psyche in the early ’90s thanks to a cover by rock band Guns N’ Roses. That version received a Grammy Award nomination in 1993. But following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S., Clear Channel Communications — the country’s largest chain of radio stations now known as iHeartMedia — placed the track on its list of “lyrically questionable” songs for stations to consider while creating playlists.
Aside from the Guns N’ Roses song, Brown reported via Twitter that songs during Trump’s Honeywell visit appeared to match the playlists of campaign rallies by Trump, who is seeking a second presidential term against presumptive Democratic nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden.
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Factory workers and Trump are heard talking about the masks as Guns N’ Roses’ rendition of “Live and Let Die” plays on a PA system, and the president is seen giving the thumbs up. One person in the background of the video clip appears to be wearing a mask and so does a worker behind the assembly line.
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In public remarks since the U.S. COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020, Trump has emphasized that recommendations by public health officials to wear masks to limit the spread of infections are voluntary, and that he is “choosing not to do it.” Yet before making the Honeywell plant visit on May 5, Trump told reporters at the White House he would wear a mask during the factory tour “if it’s a masked facility,” according to CNBC.
After the appearance, a White house official told CNBC that Honeywell had said Trump and other visitors did not need to wear masks during the visit.
According to recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), people should wear some sort of protection over their noses and mouths in public settings where it’s hard to keep distance between others, or where high rates of COVID-19 are spreading from person to person. For most people, that means wearing a simple cloth facial covering and leaving the N95 respirators or surgical masks that are in short supply for health care workers and others on the front lines of combating the pandemic.
Trump’s factory tour made headlines about one week after Vice President Mike Pence toured the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, without wearing a face mask — a decision he later told Fox News was wrong.
www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-live-let-die-song-mask/
Originally a 1973 James Bond theme song by British-American rock band Paul McCartney & Wings, the song “Live and Let Die” resurfaced in the American psyche in the early ’90s thanks to a cover by rock band Guns N’ Roses. That version received a Grammy Award nomination in 1993. But following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S., Clear Channel Communications — the country’s largest chain of radio stations now known as iHeartMedia — placed the track on its list of “lyrically questionable” songs for stations to consider while creating playlists.
Aside from the Guns N’ Roses song, Brown reported via Twitter that songs during Trump’s Honeywell visit appeared to match the playlists of campaign rallies by Trump, who is seeking a second presidential term against presumptive Democratic nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden.
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Factory workers and Trump are heard talking about the masks as Guns N’ Roses’ rendition of “Live and Let Die” plays on a PA system, and the president is seen giving the thumbs up. One person in the background of the video clip appears to be wearing a mask and so does a worker behind the assembly line.
...
In public remarks since the U.S. COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020, Trump has emphasized that recommendations by public health officials to wear masks to limit the spread of infections are voluntary, and that he is “choosing not to do it.” Yet before making the Honeywell plant visit on May 5, Trump told reporters at the White House he would wear a mask during the factory tour “if it’s a masked facility,” according to CNBC.
After the appearance, a White house official told CNBC that Honeywell had said Trump and other visitors did not need to wear masks during the visit.
According to recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), people should wear some sort of protection over their noses and mouths in public settings where it’s hard to keep distance between others, or where high rates of COVID-19 are spreading from person to person. For most people, that means wearing a simple cloth facial covering and leaving the N95 respirators or surgical masks that are in short supply for health care workers and others on the front lines of combating the pandemic.
Trump’s factory tour made headlines about one week after Vice President Mike Pence toured the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, without wearing a face mask — a decision he later told Fox News was wrong.