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SheltieLover

(81,720 posts)
Fri May 8, 2020, 10:30 PM May 2020

Internet reacts to Ivanka Trump's assistant testing positive for COVID-19: 'Really starting to make

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/internet-reacts-to-ivanka-trumps-assistant-testing-positive-for-covid-19-really-starting-to-make-the-rounds/

Internet reacts to Ivanka Trump’s assistant testing positive for COVID-19: ‘Really starting to make the rounds’
Published 1 min ago on May 8, 2020By Matthew Chapman


On Friday, first daughter Ivanka Trump’s personal assistant reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. Although the assistant hasn’t had close contact with her for weeks and both she and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner have tested negative, it marks even further spread of the virus among White House staff.

Commenters on social media had a number of opinions on the news:

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Internet reacts to Ivanka Trump's assistant testing positive for COVID-19: 'Really starting to make (Original Post) SheltieLover May 2020 OP
How Could You Not Have Close Contact With Your Personal Assistant For Weeks? sfstaxprep May 2020 #1
Me either! SheltieLover May 2020 #2
It didn't say "personal" assistant. I wish we knew more. nt LAS14 May 2020 #3
Yes - first sentence of the article. Totally Tunsie May 2020 #4
Oh, right. I was just looking at the post. But elsewhere it says that she/he? has been... LAS14 May 2020 #5
mmmmm, I know. There have been several photos of Iwanna Totally Tunsie May 2020 #6
Zoom...working remotely LeftInTX May 2020 #7
 

sfstaxprep

(10,599 posts)
1. How Could You Not Have Close Contact With Your Personal Assistant For Weeks?
Fri May 8, 2020, 10:42 PM
May 2020

I'm not buying it.

Totally Tunsie

(12,018 posts)
4. Yes - first sentence of the article.
Fri May 8, 2020, 10:49 PM
May 2020
On Friday, first daughter Ivanka Trump’s personal assistant reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. Although the assistant hasn’t had close contact with her for weeks and both she and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner have tested negative, it marks even further spread of the virus among White House staff.

The WH spread is getting closer and closer.

LAS14

(15,537 posts)
5. Oh, right. I was just looking at the post. But elsewhere it says that she/he? has been...
Fri May 8, 2020, 10:50 PM
May 2020

...teleworking for 2 months. Damn!

Totally Tunsie

(12,018 posts)
6. mmmmm, I know. There have been several photos of Iwanna
Fri May 8, 2020, 10:54 PM
May 2020

sheltering at home. Of course, "sheltering" in any of the trumps' cases means nothing. Obviously, someone took these professional photos of her and the kids, and none of them were masked in their own home.

It's just a matter of time now!

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