A growing chorus of Republicans are pushing back against President Trump’s suggestion that wearing cloth masks to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus is a sign of personal weakness or political correctness. Michael Scherer writes in the Washington Post that they include governors seeking to prevent a rebound in coronavirus cases and federal lawmakers who face tough reelection fights this fall, as national polling shows lopsided support for wearing masks in public. Pointed comments by leading Republicans in support of wearing masks – from Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine; Majority Leader Mitch McConnel; North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum; Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan; Sen. John Cornyn, and many others — come as Trump continues to treat face masks as something to mock, refusing to wear one in public and joining his staff and family in ridiculing his Democratic rival Joe Biden for doing otherwise.