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still_one

(92,190 posts)
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 07:47 AM Oct 2020

Internal memo links 34 coronavirus cases to White House: report

Thirty-four White House staffers and "other contacts" have been infected with the coronavirus in recent days, according to a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) memo obtained by ABC News.

The figure is 10 more than 24 staffers previously reported, although the memo did not specify the nature of the “other contacts,” according to ABC.

The memo says an unnamed top adviser to the president is among those who have tested positive for the virus. While the adviser is not named, two senior aides to President Trump, Stephen Miller and Hope Hicks, have tested positive for the virus — Hicks last week and Miller on Tuesday evening.

Several people who attended a White House Rose Garden ceremony announcing the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court have since tested positive for the virus. Among them are the president himself, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway, and Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.).

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The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment on the FEMA memo.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/520112-internal-memo-links-34-coronavirus-cases-to-white-house-report

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Internal memo links 34 coronavirus cases to White House: report (Original Post) still_one Oct 2020 OP
Well so much for "blue state epidemic" and getting the "right color people." ResistantAmerican17 Oct 2020 #1
Why would this not be made public? dawg day Oct 2020 #2
Everything about trump and this WH has been deceptive and total LACK of transparency still_one Oct 2020 #4
34 so far. GoCubsGo Oct 2020 #3
Where's Jared? OregonBlue Oct 2020 #5
Christie is still in the hospital. LisaL Oct 2020 #6

ResistantAmerican17

(3,807 posts)
1. Well so much for "blue state epidemic" and getting the "right color people."
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 07:51 AM
Oct 2020

I submit to you, NOW covid is getting the right people.

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