Coronavirus US: Mark Meadows REFUSES to appear on TV wearing a mask

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows refused to keep his mask on to speak to reporters on Capitol Hill about Judge Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearing and, instead, walked away from the interview. White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows refused to keep his mask on to speak to reporters on Capitol Hill about Judge Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearing Mark Meadows wore a mask during Amy Comey Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation hearing - above he's seen behind her when she enters the hearing room Meadows did wear his face mask in the hearing room and when walking through the halls of the Senate office building where the hearing was taking place. Mark Meadows pulled the microphone stand back from the camera and took his face mask to talk to reporters about the confirmation hearing 'I'm not going to talk through a mask,' Mark Meadows told reporters and refused to be interviewed on camera wearing one White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, left, and White House counsel Pat Cipollone arrive for Judge Amy Comey Barrett's confirmation hearing President Donald Trump is rarely seen in public wearing a face mask; above he removes his on Saturday to talk to a crowd of supporters on the White House South Lawn Although the morning's beginning was sedate the dividing lines were sharply drawn with Democrats determined to focus on the alleged threat Barrett represents to the Affordable Care Act, highlighting cases of people who they say would lose care if it were struck down, and Republicans accusing their opponents of attacking her conservative Catholic faith. As Coney Barrett took her seat, she faced a Senate Committee at far more distance than is normal Personal appeals: Democrats put up pictures of people from their states who they say would face losing healthcare if the Affordable Care Act was struck down and said they believed Amy Coney Barrett was selected to do precisely that Judge Barrett took off her mask and raised her right hand as she was officially sworn into her confirmation hearing Contention: In the area between the Senate and the Supreme Court there were dueling protests and 21 arrests With President Trump's nominee seated at a live Judiciary Committee hearing wearing a mask days after a White House superspreader event celebrating her nomination, Democrats directed their initial fire not at the nominee but at the president and Senate leaders who hastened to install her on the court.