Miller serves as the president’s senior adviser and speechwriter.
Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and speechwriter, tested positive for the coronavirus Tuesday.
A senior administration official said Miller had previously tested negative as White House officials have tried to contain an outbreak on the complex that has infected Trump, the first lady and more than a dozen other aides and associates.
White House senior adviser Stephen Miller. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images)
Miller is an architect of the president’s “America First” foreign policy and restrictive immigration measures.
His wife, Katie Miller, who serves as communications director to Vice President Mike Pence, previously had the virus and tested negative after the last time she saw him. Katie Miller had been in Salt Lake City with Pence, where he is preparing to debate Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris, but she left as soon as she found out about her husband’s diagnosis.
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The family reportedly has different opinions on Trump’s actions since he was diagnosed with COVID-19
Donald Trump, Jr. is reportedly concerned that his father is “acting crazy” since his coronavirus diagnosis and believes the commander-in-chief may need an intervention. Vanity Fair is reporting that Trump, Jr. was concerned after seeing his father riding around Walter Reed National Military Medical Center doing what might be described as a “victory lap” on Sunday night.
Trump was taken to Walter Reed after experiencing some symptoms, including a drop in blood oxygen that often signals the most serious COVID-19 cases. He was released on Monday, striding across the White House lawn and giving a thumbs up to reporters, then saluting military officers from the White House balcony for several minutes.
Donald Trump Jr. pre-records his address to the Republican National Convention at the Mellon Auditorium on August 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. The novel coronavirus pandemic has forced the Republican Party to move away from an in-person convention to a televised format, similar to the Democratic Party’s convention a week earlier. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
While the Vanity Fair report says that Trump, Jr. had a hard time convincing his brother Eric, sister Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner to say anything critical to the president, who they say assured him he was “doing great” it seems they all agree Trump needs to cut down on his serial tweeting.
“They’re all worried. They’ve tried to get him to stop tweeting,” a source told the outlet. When Trump tweeted that the coronavirus was no worse than the flu, the social media site stepped in to help them get their wish, hiding the tweet behind a warning that said it had been flagged for “spreading misleading and potentially harmful information.” Facebook deleted the post, according to multiple reports.
“We remove incorrect information about the severity of Covid-19, and have now removed this post,” Andy Stone, policy communications manager at Facebook said, according to reports.
Trump is resting at the White House and though well enough to be on Twitter, there have been conflicting reports about how he’s actually doing.
If Trump is hiding anything about the current state of his health, he’d join a long line of U.S. presidents who did the same. Two of the most prominent examples are Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the nation’s 32nd president, who hid that he was unable to walk without help throughout his time in office.
And famously, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the nation’s 35th president, suffered from a number of debilitating ailments including Addison’s disease and chronic back pain, that the public never knew about during his years in the White House.
Trump tweeted this morning that he will be in Miami for the next presidential debate with Democratic candidate Joe Biden on Oct. 15, despite the possibility, medical experts say, that he could still be at risk of spreading the coronavirus.
I am looking forward to the debate on the evening of Thursday, October 15th in Miami. It will be great!
Mark and Patricia McCloskey say they were exercising their Second Amendment right and were protected by Missouri’s castle doctrine law.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A grand jury on Tuesday indicted the St. Louis couple who displayed guns while hundreds of racial injustice protesters marched on their private street.
Al Watkins, an attorney for the couple, confirmed to The Associated Press the indictments against Mark McCloskey, 63, and PatriciaMcCloskey, 61. A spokeswoman for Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner declined comment.
The McCloskeys, who are both attorneys, have become folk heroes among some conservatives. They argue that they were simply exercising their Second Amendment right to bear arms, and were protected by Missouri’s castle doctrine law that allows the use of deadly force against intruders. The case has caught the attention of President Donald Trump, and Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has said he will pardon the couple if they are convicted.
Mark McCloskey addresses the press alongside his wife Patricia on Tuesday outside the Carnahan Courthouse, in St. Louis, Mo. | Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP
The McCloskeys also were featured speakers on the first night of the Republican National Convention. They’ve accused the “leftist” Democratic St. Louis leadership for their plight.
Gardner, a Democrat, charged the couple with felony unlawful use of a weapon. She said the display of guns risked bloodshed at what she called an otherwise peaceful protest.
Watkins said that in addition to the weapons charge, the grand jury indictment includes a tampering with evidence charge. It wasn’t clear what led to that additional count, he said.
The McCloskeys contend the protest was hardly peaceful. They say protesters came onto the private street after knocking over an iron gate and ignoring a “No Trespassing” sign, and said they felt threatened.
Watkins said accusations against the McCloskeys are “effectively demonstrating the highest degree of ineptitude and inappropriate behavior” from Gardner’s office.
The incident happened June 28 as protesters were walking toward the home of Mayor Lyda Krewson, a few blocks away. They suddenly decided to veer onto the McCloskeys’ street, prompting the confrontation that was caught on cellphone video. It showed Mark McCloskey in front of the $1.15 million home armed with an AR-15 rifle and Patricia McCloskey with a semiautomatic handgun.
Mark and Patricia McCloskey (Screenshot from viral video)
A police probable cause statement said protesters feared “being injured due to Patricia McCloskey’s finger being on the trigger, coupled with her excited demeanor.”
Nine people involved in the protest were charged with misdemeanor trespassing, but the city counselor’s office later dropped the charges. The city counselor’s office handles lesser crimes and is not affiliated with the circuit attorney’s office.
Mark McCloskey, after a brief court hearing earlier Tuesday, expressed anger that he and his wife faced criminal charges while those who trespassed onto his property did not.
“Every single human being that was in front of my house was a criminal trespasser,” McCloskey said. “They broke down our gate. They trespassed on our property. Not a single one of those people is now charged with anything. We’re charged with felonies that could cost us four years of our lives and our law licenses.”
The June protest in St. Louis was among hundreds nationwide in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis.
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An Ohio man who had the cops called on him for “shopping while Black” is speaking out after being targeted by a racist Karen at a grocery store in a Cleveland suburb.
The unidentified woman reportedly called 911 on Philip Evans, 35, because she thought he was acting strangely while putting grocery bags inside his car, Atlanta Black Star reports.
Evans had been shopping at the Solon Giant Eagle supermarket on Sept. 18 when he noticed a strange white woman filming him with her cell phone. .
“I’m like, ‘Is this lady videoing me?’” Evans asked, recounting the incident to Cleveland 19 News.
In her 911 call, the woman explained to the operator that there was a Black man “looking around” while loading groceries into a “brand-new SUV Infinity,” and that he was “acting real funny.”
The woman said she assumed the car might be stolen since it lacked license plates. So she decided to follow Evans in her own vehicle as he left the parking lot.
“I look in my rearview, and I see the same car behind me. I’m like, ‘OK, does this lady have a problem with me?’” Evans said, noting that the incident is a clear example of racial profiling.
Police ultimately caught up with Evans and instructed him to put his temporary license plate to a more visible spot.
“It’s a scary thought thinking I wasn’t gonna make it home to my kids,” he said of the encounter with police.
This racist woman HARASSED Philip Evans, an innocent Black man, because he "looked funny" while grocery shopping! She told 911 “I hope you get him!”
Black people have targets on our backs, even while doing normal daily activities! Another day, another #WhileBlack incident… pic.twitter.com/I3GBYf4emH
“I hope you get him,” the woman said during her 911 call.
“What does she want them to get me for? She didn’t see me do anything wrong,” Evans told reporters aftering listening to the 911 call.
Famed civil rights attorney Ben Crump said of the incident, “This racist woman HARASSED Philip Evans, an innocent Black man, because he “looked funny” while grocery shopping! She told 911 “I hope you get him!” Black people have targets on our backs, even while doing normal daily activities! Another day, another #WhileBlack incident,” he tweeted.
Several Twitter users have called for the Karen who called the cops to be charged for making a false police report.
Do you agree?
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The president was hospitalized for three days after he and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for the potentially deadly contagion.
One Trump supporter is ready to cash in on the president’s alleged COVID-19 diagnosis by offering commemorative coins at an online gift shop.
Anthony Giannini, chairman of the White House Gift Shop, has designed the $100 “Trump defeats COVID” coins, now available for presale on his website, which is not affiliated with the White House, USA Today reports.
Giannini describes the COVID-19 coin as the last in a series celebrating “President Trump’s ascendance over and defeat of the deadly COVID pandemic virus.”
“When we heard the sad news of President Trump’s positive COVID test, once again we had faith and prayed but we knew our President would find a way to Knockout COVID in early rounds of this battle,” Giannini wrote. “President Trump, as you know, is a fan of boxing, and the new design includes more than a hint of superhero qualities in history’s most fascinating president.”
The coin was announced before Trump’s release from the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday evening. He had been hospitalized since Friday after he and his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, tested positive for the potentially deadly contagion.
“Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life,” Trump tweeted hours before he exited the hospital. “We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!”
Trump allegedly initially tested positive for COVID-19 earlier than he acknowledged, ABC News reports, and his doctors warn that “he’s not out of the woods yet.”
“Though he may not entirely be out of the woods yet, the team and I agree that all our evaluations, and most importantly his clinical status, support the president’s safe return home,” White House physician Sean Conley said in a briefing Monday.
Meanwhile, there’s no photo shown for the commemorative coin listed on the White House Gift Shop website, but it’s slated to ship Nov. 14. According to the description, 20% of the proceeds will be donated to COVID-19 prevention and cancer research.
According toThe Associated Press, on Monday, Dr. Michael Ryan, the executive director of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s health emergency program, revealed that the most recent COVID-19 estimates indicate a significant percentage of the world’s population may have already been infected by the coronavirus this year, theGRIO previously reported.
“The disease continues to spread. It is on the rise in many parts of the world,” Ryan explained during a special session of the organization’s executive board. “Our current best estimates tell us that about 10% of the global population may have been infected by this virus.”
He also pointed out that the stats vary from urban to rural areas, and between different groups, but that ultimately “the vast majority of the world remains at risk.”
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The president appears to be struggling to breathe during the highly criticized photo op.
President Donald Trump staged a seemingly reckless photo op following his departure from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday.
Three days after testing positive for the potentially deadly COVID-19 contagion, Trump posed for a mask-less photo session on the White House balcony, CNN reports. The move was aimed to show strength amid reports that his health is failing.
“Only days into his diagnosis, the first thing President Trump does when he gets back to the White House is take his mask off,” wrote White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins on Twitter.
Several Twitter users noted that Trump appears to be “gasping” or struggling to breath after removing the mask. Many dubbed him a “superspreader” of the virus and called him irresponsible. Others came to his defense, pointing out that he is “socially distanced and isolated” on the balcony. Watch the moment via the Twitter video embed below.
Only days into his diagnosis, the first thing President Trump does when he gets back to the White House is take his mask off. pic.twitter.com/kyqvHcSbIl
Author and activist Darlene McDonaldwrote, “Trump takes mask off and walks into the WH, endangering everyone, ESPECIALLY essential workers. They don’t have his level of healthcare. I’m reminded of Jason Hargrove, the bus drivers who pleaded with people to wear a mask. He caught Covid-19 and died.”
Many are convinced that Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis is a “hoax” and “fake news” or a deliberate disregard for the health and safety of the people he comes in contact with.
Trump returned to the White House on Monday after a 72-hospitalization due to coronavirus concerns, and he wasted no time hoping on Twitter to downplay the pandemic.
“Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life,” Trump said in a video message to his supporters.
“We’re going back. We’re going back to work. We’re gonna be out front. As your leader I had to do that. I knew there’s danger to it but I had to do it,” Trump added. “I stood out front. I led. Nobody that’s a leader would not do what I did. I know there’s a risk there’s a danger. That’s OK. And now I’m better, and maybe I’m immune? I don’t know. But don’t let it dominate your lives. Get out there, be careful.”
Trump went on to promise that the “vaccines are coming momentarily.”
Watch his full message via the Twitter video above.
“We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge,” Trump tweeted on Monday. “I feel better than I did 20 years ago!”
Late Sunday afternoon, Trump ventured outside of Walter Reed, where he was convalescing after being diagnosed with COVID-19 and experienced symptoms requiring treatment, including I.V. doses of remdesivir. The president tweeted out a video message, saying that he had a “surprise,” and moments later, he was in a SUV motorcade seen waving to supporters who had lined the streets outside of the medical center, theGRIO previously reported.
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Dan Gasby has revealed that he is no longer romantically involved with Alexandra Lerner.
Months after the death of beloved model and entrepreneur B. Smith following a battle with Alzheimer’s disease, her widow Dan Gasby has revealed that he is no longer romantically involved with girlfriend Alexandra Lerner.
In an interview for “Successful Philanthropy with host Jean Shafiroff,” Gasby made time to clear up some of the misconceptions surrounding Lerner, the white woman he dated while caring for his late wife prior to her death in February at age 70. Gasby previously insisted that his relationship with Lerner received Smith’s blessing.
While Lerner never lived with Gasby and his late wife, she reportedly spent a lot of time at their family home and even shared in the responsibility of caring for B. Smith at times.
Alexandra Lerner, left, and Dan Gasby with his late wife, B. Smith. (Photo: Getty Images)
“No. She never lived there,” Gasby explained to Shafiroff. “That was an angry woman — there was a room where she could stay and put stuff if she wanted to put stuff. But the press and because of the racial situation, the press and certain people had a field day with that. My wife dated white men, Asian men. I dated white, Black, whatever.”
“Some people are not comfortable with that. But Alex Lerner never lived at my house. She was there on weekends, twice a month,” Gasby added. “And I’d go into town and stay at her place on occasion. But it was such a hot topic for people who deal in salaciousness.”
Gasby went on to insist that Lerner was “very kind to B. when she was there. B. was lovely, even through Alzheimer’s.”
theGrio previously reported, Smith was diagnosed with the disease in 2013 and began to promote awareness about the disease and the African-American community.
“Me and my daughter still laugh at it,” said Gasby to Shafiroff about Smith’s battle with the disease. “They have a tendency — some people are really violent or really mean. When she got mad, she would just make up words because she couldn’t figure out how to say curse words. And we would just laugh. And she would start laughing,” he shared.
Adding, “Her spirit and her soul was always … amazing.”
When asked about the status of his relationship with Lerner, Gasby confessed, “She took off and you know, whatever. I wish her well.”
He then noted, “Life has a way of—whatever you deserve you’ll ultimately get and that’s fine.”
Watch his full interview via the YouTube video above. Gasby’s comments about Lerner began around the 17:20 mark.
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Mariah Carey may have money and fame but her childhood wasn’t easy. In her new book, “The Meaning of Mariah Carey” the Grammy award-winning singer opens up about her difficult time growing up, her reputation as a diva, and race. In a recent interview with The Guardian Carey did not hold back.
Carey, 50, recently made headlines when fans learned from her memoir that her sister Alison Carey, allegedly drugged her and tried to sell her when she was just 12 years old. Mariah says memories of her instability at home still impacts her today.
Honoree Mariah Carey accepts the Icon Award onstage during the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 01, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for dcp)
“I think my staying up all night started from having such a dysfunctional family. Oftentimes, whoever was in the house was doing whatever it was that they were doing, and that felt kinda unsafe to me, so I started staying up,” she told the publication.
Carey, who is biracial, also digs into the topic of race in her new book. Born to a white mother and Black father the singer says she had major identity issues growing up.
“I can’t help that I’m ambiguous-looking,” she said, “and most people would assume that it’s been to my benefit, and maybe it has in some ways. But it’s also been a lifelong quest to feel like I belong to any specific group. It shouldn’t have to be such a freaking thing…”
The singer has always had a reputation for being a diva. In 2002, she was featured on an episode of Cribs that solidified her diva status, if it was ever in question. A vibrant Carey took the camera crew through her mind-blowing New York City home eventually ending up in a tub blowing bubbles with just a towel on. She tells The Guardian being titled as high maintenance doesn’t bother her.
“You know what? I don’t give a s–. I f—– am high-maintenance because I deserve to be at this point. That may sound arrogant, but I hope you frame it within the context of coming from nothing. If I can’t be high-maintenance after working my ass off my entire life, oh, I’m sorry – I didn’t realize we all had to be low-maintenance. Hell, no! I was always high-maintenance, it’s just I didn’t have anyone to do the maintenance when I was growing up!”
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Maneuvering college is a challenge for anyone but for one 12-year-old, it’s a breeze. Not only is Caleb Anderson a sophomore at Chattahoochee Technical College in Marietta, Georgia, he’s studying aerospace engineering. His parents say they knew he was gifted at a young age.
At only four weeks old, Caleb would mimic his mother’s speech and at nine months he knew over 250 words in American sign language By the time he was 4, he could easily read words he was seeing for the first time.
“I was getting my master’s in education so I knew that there was something special about that,” Claire Anderson, Caleb’s mother told USA Today.
After he graduates in about two years, Caleb plans on attending thee Georgia Institute of Technology and then the Massachusetts Institute for Technology. He hopes to achieve two things; an internship with Tesla CEO Elon Musk and a dream he has been chasing all of his young life.
“When I was like 1, I always wanted to go to space,” Caleb told USA Today. “I figured that aerospace engineering would be the best path.”
His mother says initially his high intellect impacted his sense of self because he didn’t need to study or require any help with his school work as many kids do. But she nipped that in the bud.
“I didn’t like the character that was building in him,” she said. “He didn’t have any study skills, perseverance, grit. He didn’t ask for help.”
His mother and father decided there were other things they needed to focus on.
“Both of us are not rocket scientists,” Claire said. She’s a former teacher and her husband, Kobi, is an IT salesman. “We had to learn there are other things that we can teach him about compassion, kindness, looking for good in others.”
She said she noticed Caleb would zoom through his course work in elementary school and was worried that he wouldn’t be challenged if he continued at that grade level. She now encourages parents to advocate for their kid’s education early on. The Andersons have two other children, 7-year-old Hannah and 8-year-old Aaron. Both are in gifted classes.
Caleb’s father says despite any naysayers, college has been the best choice for their son.
“[The school and students are] accepting,” he told the publication. “People might think something about it, but they don’t show it, which is really nice.”
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WHO announced an alarming new statistic about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic
As the public continues to reel from the news that the president of the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, Dr. Michael Ryan, the executive director of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s health emergency program, has come forward to share an alarming new statistic.
According toThe Associated Press, on Monday, Ryan revealed that the most recent estimates indicate a significant percentage of the world’s population may have already been infected by the coronavirus this year.
A protester holds a sign reading ‘200K Dead Trump Kills USA’ at a march against ‘Death, Lies and Fascism’ on September 21, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Demonstrators protested against President Donald Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic as the U.S. surpasses 204,000 deaths from the coronavirus. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
“The disease continues to spread. It is on the rise in many parts of the world,” Ryan explained during a special session of the organization’s executive board. “Our current best estimates tell us that about 10% of the global population may have been infected by this virus.”
He also pointed out that the stats vary from urban to rural areas, and between different groups, but that ultimately “the vast majority of the world remains at risk.”
One of those groups whose cases stand out amongst the pack is Black Americans who have been disproportionately affected by the virus, both medically and financially.
To put what 10% of the population looks like in clearer focus – what WHO is saying is that over 760 million people based on a current world population of about 7.6 billion have COVID-19. This by far exceeds the 35 million confirmed cases that were originally tallied by WHO and Johns Hopkins University. But to be fair, experts have always said that they knew the number of confirmed cases being reported would grossly undercount the true number of people impacted.
Travelers wearing face masks and face shields to protect against COVID-19 queue upon arriving at Godofredo P. Ramos Airport on September 30, 2020 in Malay, Aklan province, Philippines. The Philippine government has partially reopened the country to domestic travelers in a bid to stimulate the economy and revive a pandemic-hit tourism sector even as coronavirus cases continue to rise. The country surpassed 312,000 cases of COVID-19, with at least 5,504 deaths. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)
“What we have learned in every region of the world is that with strong leadership, clear and comprehensive strategies, consistent communication, and engaged, empowered and enabled population, it’s never too late,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
“Every situation can be turned around — and hard-won gains can be easily lost.”
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Sen. Ron Johnson insists that he did not have any symptoms
Sen. Ron Johnson has defended attending a fundraiser despite testing positive for COVID-19.
The Wisconsin senator revealed over the weekend that he tested positive for the coronavirus and is now in isolation. However, Johnson did not feel the need to quarantine after he suspected that he may have been infected and attended a fundraiser while awaiting results.
Johnson toldFox 6 that he was asymptomatic and didn’t expect to test positive for the disease that has spread through the GOP. President Donald Trump announced last week that he and the first lady had contracted the virus. Within days, Trump’s campaign manager Bill Stepien, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway, former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, and Republican senators, Mike Lee of Utah and Thom Tillis of North Carolina have also tested positive.
“I was pretty surprised,” Johnson said after speaking at a Republican Party of Ozaukee County fundraiser in Mequon. “I feel fine. I feel completely normal.”
Johnson learned he did in fact have COVID-19 on his way home and critics declared that he should have remained home rather than to risk becoming a super spreader. Masks were not worn at the event.
“I think the idea that Senator Ron Johnson was so concerned about his exposure to the pandemic that he had a test, but then went to a public event where masks were not being used, I think is just an indication of how little concern he had for the people in that room and really how little concern he has for the people of Wisconsin,” Democratic strategist Scot Ross said.
Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI) speaks at the start of a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on the government’s response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on March 5, 2020 in Washington, DC. COVID-19 has taken hold in the United States and national and local governments are rushing to contain the virus and to find a cure. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Those who attended the event claimed Johnson didn’t interact much with others. Furthermore, Johnson was adamant that he did not knowingly attend the fundraiser with the disease.
“I am not going in there with symptoms and getting a test. I am going in there symptom-free,” said Johnson. “I don’t care where I might have got it from. I have no idea, but I think the likeliest source is my chief of staff.”
The coronavirus recently passed a grim milestone as more than 200,000 Americans have died from the health pandemic. A National Day of Remembrance was held over the weekend, theGrioreported.
Brian Walter was one of the attendees and urged people to take COVID-19 seriously.
“It’s very important we get the message across that this is not a hoax or a conspiracy or a fake illness,” Walter said. “Just because it hasn’t affected you personally doesn’t mean it’s not real. The events of last weekend prove that you can be isolated for a while, but if you make one wrong move, the virus could get you.”
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More staffers are coming up positive as the easily transmitted virus spreads through the White House
Donald and Melania Trump are not the only people living and working in the White House. As news broke last week that the couple had tested positive for COVID-19, few thought to ask how that impacted the team of household staffers, Secret Service, and the myriad other people it takes to service the couple’s needs and to keep the 228-year-old mansion running.
Now, according to Forbes, two members of the White House housekeeping staff have tested positive, and have reportedly been told to be discreet about it. Kayleigh McEnany, Hope Hicks, and Nicholas Luna are among White Houses senior officials who have contracted the virus and there are potentially five other staffers who have tested positive as well, the outlet says.
Guests listen to speakers at the National Covid-19 Remembrance on the ellipse, behind the White House on October 04, 2020 in Washington, DC.President Donald Trump was admitted to Walter Reed Medical center after testing positive for COVID-19. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
Though the staffers reportedly did not have direct contact with the Trump’s, it remains unclear just how many people have been infected among White House front and back end personnel. The Rose Garden ceremony and reception to introduce Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett is now being viewed as a potential “superspreader” event as ten people have now tested positive for the coronavirus who attended, including the Trump’s, McEnany, former N.J. governor Chris Christie,Kellyanne Conway, Sen. Thom Ellis, and Sen. Mike Lee.
It is certainly plausible that among the household staff who set up the event and those that served guests there could be more infections. Though the first lady mandated masks for both her staff and household staff in April, The Washington Post reports her husband did not and it is widely believed the Trump’s rarely wore masks around their personal White House staffers.
As moviegoers may remember from the fictional movie The Bulter, starring Forest Whitaker as a longtime White House butler, most of the White House household staff is African American, along with some that are Latino and Filipino, and many of the Black staffers are elderly.
“I know that people in there are scared,” Sam Kass, the White House head chef for six years in the Obama administration, told the Post. “I’m sure that they are concerned about their own lives and their families and feel very torn about balancing their responsibilities to their country, as they see it, and putting themselves in harm’s way.”
Added to that is the layout of the White House which requires the staff to navigate a narrow warren of hallways, according to those who have worked there. One of them is the former White House social secretary, Deesha Dyer, who told the Post she’s been personally calling staffers to check on them.
A reporter works among the empty chairs on display to represent the 200,000 lives lost due to Covid-19 at he National Covid-19 Remembrance on the ellipse, behind the White House on October 04, 2020 in Washington, DC.President Donald Trump was admitted to Walter Reed Medical center after testing positive for COVID-19. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
“It makes me angry because I do care about these people, and they’re amazing, and so many of them did not have a choice. They love their jobs, and they’re excellent at their jobs, and they’re part of the institution. And it’s just trifling and unnecessary to put them at risk because you can’t be bothered to wear a mask,” Dyer said.
White House spokeswoman Alyssa Farah reminded the public that White House staff, like many workers of color around the country in various professions, are considered essential workers. She tweeted today that “they are expected to continue to work – with precautions – unless a medical recommendation otherwise is given.”
One thing I want to clear up: Senior White House staff are deemed Essential Personnel by CDC & DHS. This means they are expected to continue to work – while taking precautions – until a medical recommendation otherwise is given.
The Trump’s personal staffers will continue to take care of them through their isolation once Trump returns to the White House today, putting themselves and their families at risk and without clear guidance on who else may have tested positive.
“Unlike other offices at the White House, it is probably more difficult for anybody on the residence staff to telework,” Laura McBride of American University, who was Laura Bush‘s chief of staff who is now a White House historian, told the Post. “I mean, the nature of their work is to be maintaining the house, cooking for the family.”
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According to the Justice Department, Barr has had four negative COVID-19 tests since the president’s word of his own diagnosis.
William Barr, the attorney general of the United States, has decided to quarantine for “several days” after being exposed to coronavirus. Barr attended the White House event for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, which is now being described as a superspreader gathering.
The event, which took place last Saturday, Sept. 25, was held mainly in the Rose Garden of the White House. However, some parts of the reception were hosted indoors.
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Attorney General William Barr (center) and former presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway talk in the White House Rose Garden after President Donald Trump introduced his nominee to the Supreme Court late last month. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
So far, 12 people who participated have tested positive for COVID-19, including President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump.
Photos from the event show Barr and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows standing in close proximity to former White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway, who has since tested positive. None of them were wearing masks.
According to the Justice Department, Barr has had four negative COVID-19 tests since the president’s announcement that he’d been diagnosed with it. He attended a meeting at his headquarters, but stayed home during the weekend.
A spokesperson said on Sunday that Barr will be self-quarantining out of “an abundance of caution.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends a self-quarantine period of 14 days for anyone who has been in close proximity to a person who has tested positive to avoid possibly spreading the virus to others.
Aside from Trumps and Conway, North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, Utah Sen. Mike Lee, Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien and advisor Chris Christie are among those close to the president who have all tested positive for the virus. Trump aide Hope Hicks tested positive last week. Hicks accompanied the president to the presidential debate last Tuesday.
More than 150 people attended the Rose Garden announcement. According to the Washington Post, guests were tested on the day of the event, and when they tested negative, they were told that they no longer needed to wear masks. Most attendees did not wear a face covering.
In addition to members of the Trump administration who tested positive were three White House reporters who attended the event. Monday morning, it was revealed that Conway’s 16-year-old daughter, Claudia, also had tested positive.
Critics contend the trip showed how willing Trump is to endanger his staff. ‘The irresponsibility,’ one doctor says, ‘is astounding.’
President Donald Trump left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center late Sunday afternoon to ride in an SUV to surprise his supporters outside of the hospital. During the short trip, Trump waved through a closed window, donning a face mask while the pair of Secret Service officers inside the vehicle wore N-95 masks, medical gowns and eye coverings.
White House officials said that “appropriate precautions were taken in the execution of this movement to protect the president and all those supporting it, including PPE. The movement was cleared by the medical team as safe to do.”
That’s Trump driving by his supporters outside Walter Reed military hospital. pic.twitter.com/eqA0RGkr6A
Critics have said the trip showed a willingness to endanger his staff by traveling while battling COVID-19.
“Every single person in the vehicle during that completely unnecessary Presidential ‘drive-by’ just now has to be quarantined for 14 days. They might get sick. They may die. For political theater. Commanded by Trump to put their lives at risk for theater. This is insanity,” Dr. James Phillipstweeted.
Dr. Phillips is an attending physician at the hospital, but it is not known if he is treating the president.
“That Presidential SUV is not only bulletproof but hermetically sealed against chemical attack,” he continued. “The risk of COVID19 transmission inside is as high as it gets outside of medical procedures. The irresponsibility is astounding. My thoughts are with the Secret Service forced to play.”
Since Trump’s admission to Walter Reed on Friday, Trump supporters had been lining the streets outside of the hospital, holding signs and waving flags. They cheered as the motorcade went by.
CNN is reporting that a Secret Service agent who works on the president’s detail condemned the ride. “That should never have happened,” the agent said under anonymity.
He noted that all of the agents who participated in the ride would be required quarantine. “I mean, I wouldn’t want to be around them,” he said. “The frustration with how we’re treated when it comes to decisions on this illness goes back before this, though. We’re not disposable.”
