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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMore than 130 Secret Service officers are said to be infected with coronavirus
or quarantining in wake of Trumps campaign travel
The spread of the coronavirus which has sidelined roughly 10 percent of the agencys core security team is believed to be partly linked to a series of campaign rallies that President Trump held in the weeks before the Nov. 3 election, according to the people, who, like others interviewed for this report, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the situation.
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The virus is having a dramatic impact on the Secret Services presidential security unit at the same time that growing numbers of prominent Trump campaign allies and White House officials have fallen ill in the wake of campaign events, where many attendees did not wear masks.
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In addition, at least eight staffers at the Republican National Committee, including Chief of Staff Richard Walters, have the virus, according to officials at the organization. Some of those infected are in field offices across the country, including Pennsylvania, where some believe they were exposed in large staff gatherings, an official said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-coronavirus-outbreak/2020/11/13/610eebcc-2539-11eb-8672-c281c7a2c96e_story.html
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,507 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Or in jail in Moscow.
BComplex
(8,017 posts)that he just drops dead with a stroke or heart attack. Which is actually my favorite of the three options.
3catwoman3
(23,947 posts)...door #3, although at this point, he needs to live long enough to suffer the humiliation of the Biden inauguration.
pandr32
(11,553 posts)Faux pas
(14,644 posts)none of the effers they're protecting are worth it!
Vdizzle
(383 posts)Its got to be depressing.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Their primary job at that point will be to protect the President, not the ex-president.
JHB
(37,154 posts)MelissaB
(16,420 posts)flor-de-jasmim
(2,125 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,757 posts)as many Americans get the virus as possible. I feel bad for these folks who have no choice, and are doing their sworn duty protecting these cretins.
flor-de-jasmim
(2,125 posts)still_one
(92,061 posts)Timewas
(2,190 posts)While following a virus
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)for SS room rates. Give him a budget for SS over ad abicve that Trump pays out of his own pocket.
AllyCat
(16,140 posts)And was completely avoidable. Human health and safety issues as well.
Blue Owl
(50,259 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,741 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,559 posts)How many can they field, push comes to shove? Sure, the agency employs a lot of agents, but I'd bet the SS doesn't have barracks of them at the ready, or platoons (or however they're organized) of them sitting around at home, waiting for the phone to ring.
noneof_theabove
(410 posts)he should not get anything.
Since the Senate is the punishment phase of impeachment and they did nothing he gets nothing.
And especially should not be able to every hold any public office, dog catcher to 2024