Let’s be honest about why Louie Gohmert made his stunning statement below. Because @GOP & @realDonaldTrump believed masks would show #Covid19 is a highly contagious, serious virus, which ran counter to their efforts to downplay the virus. @POTUS & GOP put politics over health. https://t.co/M51HlnkYpM

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) July 29, 2020