Republicans encourage masks as virus spreads in Sun Belt

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Top Republicans have come around to encouraging everyone to wear masks to prevent further spread of the coronavirus as a number of states in the South and West have seen a growing number of cases.

Vice President Mike Pence advised everyone to “wear a mask” Tuesday, a shift away from months of press briefings in which Pence would choose to speak without a mask, while other members of the coronavirus task force would wear them.

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