Nancy Pelosi goads 'cowardly' Trump for not wearing mask and says the CDC has not made them mandatory yet because it would 'embarrass the president'

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• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called President Donald Trump a "coward" for not wanting to wear face masks during the coronavirus pandemic.
• "In fact, the reason the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hasn't made it mandatory is because they don't want to embarrass the president or insult the president, whatever it is," Pelosi said in an interview on Friday.
• Pelosi has previously gone after Trump, calling him "morbidly obese" after he told reporters he was taking the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine.
• Trump has repeatedly insisted on not wearing a face mask in public, despite attending large campaign rallies and making high-profile appearances.
• The country has seen one of its worst weeks in the pandemic yet, reporting more than 40,000 coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi branded President Donald Trump "cowardly" for not wanting to wear face masks during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Speaker's comments come after presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden said that he would require the use of masks in public if he's elected president.

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