{"id":81310,"date":"2020-10-04T00:55:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T21:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/covid-19-ravages-white-house-senate-and-still-may-spread\/"},"modified":"2020-10-04T00:55:38","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T21:55:38","slug":"covid-19-ravages-white-house-senate-and-still-may-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/covid-19-ravages-white-house-senate-and-still-may-spread\/","title":{"rendered":"#COVID-19 ravages White House, Senate \u2014 and still may spread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#COVID-19 ravages White House, Senate \u2014 and still may spread<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/white-house.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n                        Coronavirus is running rampant in Washington, D.C., with the country\u2019s top leaders infected \u2014 and the outbreak potentially far from over.<\/p>\n<p>As of Saturday afternoon, President Trump; first lady Melania Trump; former NJ Gov. Chris Christie; Trump aides Hope Hicks and Kellyanne Conway; RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, and Trump\u2019s reelection campaign manager Bill Stepien had all tested positive for the virus which has now killed more than 200,000 Americans.<\/p>\n<p>The US Senate was also reeling after three Republican senators revealed their own positive diagnoses within just 24 hours. Utah\u2019s Mike Lee, North Carolina\u2019s Thom Tillis and Wisconsin\u2019s Ron Johnson have all moved into quarantine, according to statements from their offices.<\/p>\n<p>All have been in close contact with each other or Trump in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>Christie played an integral role in the president\u2019s debate prep, where he reportedly stood in for Joe Biden. Christie, Stepien, Conway and Hicks all participated in preparations in the White House Map Room in the days im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely preceding the debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI assume there are more,\u201d GOP strategist and Trump campaign adviser Karl Rove told The Post. \u201cChris Christie joined the club in the last few hours, but I don\u2019t know. That\u2019s one of the things about this disease, we don\u2019t know where it goes or how it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, White House adviser and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, campaign senior adviser Jason Miller, and White House Communications Director Alyssa Farah also attended the prep sessions. No coronavirus cases among them have been reported so far. Giuliani and Miller have told The Post they have tested negative.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Sept. 26, just three days before the debate, many of the newly infected attended a Rose Garden ceremony for Judge Amy Coney Barrett. About 150 high-profile guests crammed tightly together in folding chairs and were mostly maskless. The president and first lady, Christie, GOP senators Lee and Tillis, and Conway were all in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Pence and Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Bill Barr \u2014 who also attended the ceremony \u2014 have tested negative for the virus so far.<\/p>\n<p>The outbreak might also have originated at the 2020 presidential debate in Cleveland Tuesday. Eleven people on the setup crews have tested positive, the city said in a statement Friday.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump also spent time at his golf club in Bedminster, NJ, during a fundraiser on Thursday that was attended by about 100 people. The event went forward even after Hope Hicks tested positive for the virus earlier in the day. Trump also held a massive outdoor rally in Duluth, Minn., on Wednesday night. The state has reported a recent spike of new cases.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell moved Saturday to try and stem the tide of new infections, canceling all Senate floor votes for the next two weeks. The leader, however, said that confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett would proceed as scheduled, with Judiciary Committee hearings \u2014 even if by video \u2014 set for Oct. 12.<\/p>\n<p>Until his own diagnosis, President Trump had routinely flouted mask-wearing and even mocked his Democratic opponent Joe Biden for doing so during their debate on Tuesday. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany has insisted, however, that the president has \u201cno problem\u201d wearing masks.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/03\/covid-19-ravages-white-house-senate-and-still-may-spread\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#COVID-19 ravages White House, Senate \u2014 and still may spread&#8221; Coronavirus is running rampant in Washington, D.C., with the country\u2019s top leaders infected \u2014 and the outbreak potentially far from over. As of Saturday afternoon, President Trump; first lady Melania Trump; former NJ Gov. 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