ToplineThe White House on Monday heaped praise on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for spending the Senate recess urging Republican men to get the Covid-19 vaccine, even as McConnell is putting up firm opposition to many of Biden’s policy priorities. On Monday, McConnell said the reservations of Republican men toward vaccines “need to be put aside,” stating, “I’m a Republican man. Key BackgroundMcConnell, a polio survivor, has long diverged from much of his party when it comes to coronavirus. Shortly after former President Donald Trump was diagnosed with coronavirus in October, McConnell revealed he hadn’t been to the White House in months over their relative lack of coronavirus safety precautions. McConnell repeatedly spoke in favor of mask-wearing last year, even as Trump disparaged them, asserting there’s “no stigma” to wearing a mask.

Source: Forbes April 05, 2021 21:33 UTC