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Katie Miller, the wife of adviser Stephen Miller, has tested positive for the coronavirus. The infection of Ms. Miller, a close adviser to Vice President Pence, means potential exposure to President Trumps inner circle so reporters are raising questions about White House internal testing policies.
The White House has indicated to reporters that Pence and many members of his staff have been getting tested daily, and Pence and Trump appear not to have had contact with Katie Miller recently.
Meanwhile, press secretary Kayleigh McEnany sought to reassure the news media that the White House testing procedures are sound. I wanted to draw attention to this quote from McEnany:
We have put in place the guidelines that our experts have put forward to keep this building safe, which means contact tracing," McEnany told reporters during Fridays news briefing. "All of the recommended guidelines we have for businesses that have essential workers, we are now putting them in place here in the White House. So as America reopens safely, the White House is continuing to operate safely.
The careful reader will note a jarring juxtaposition here. McEnany claims both that the United States is reopening safely and that the White House is operating safely. But only one of these two the White House actually has the sort of testing regime the White House itself is now implicitly acknowledging is a prerequisite to safety.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/08/single-kayleigh-mcenany-quote-gives-away-game/
Docreed2003
(16,858 posts)They know exactly what they're doing. They're just wagering the rest of the country is too dumb to notice.
Kaiserguy
(740 posts)to dumb to notice
CrispyQ
(36,461 posts)Up next: "...our Treasury."
2naSalit
(86,579 posts)SilasSouleII
(363 posts)Raven123
(4,830 posts)The idea that daily testing instead of masks and social distancing is nonsensical.
pazzyanne
(6,551 posts)It only lets you know you are infected. Sort of like closing the barn door after the live stock has escaped. Only a wide spread testing and tracing program will stop the virus in it's tracks. Sad that the WH only recognizes this where THEY live and work. We need to get tests and tracing for ALL AMERICANS, not just the privileged!
Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)Just Trumps and lumps.
2naSalit
(86,579 posts)Buried by your boss? Those guidelines?
IronLionZion
(45,433 posts)will continue to do so as much as they can. There will be people going out of course, but it will be few enough to maybe have some hope of social distancing.
It will be disproportionately people like Ted Cruz
PWPippinesq
(195 posts)CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,013 posts)or himself. But he obviously doesn't care.
pazzyanne
(6,551 posts)unless someone else is wearing it. Good to see he is modeling good behavior. It happens so little in trump world.
LudwigPastorius
(9,139 posts)I would have thought Cruz would've gone with something like this.
IronLionZion
(45,433 posts)Javaman
(62,521 posts)that the White House is boiled clean.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)niyad
(113,284 posts)the f'n covidiots!
KS Toronado
(17,220 posts)What's good for the Goose is not necessarily good for the Gander?
keithbvadu2
(36,788 posts)Trump: Safety for me but not so much for thee.
world wide wally
(21,742 posts)Comedy is when you catch the Coronavirus. Tragedy is when I catch it.
(Thanks to Mel Brooks)
BGBD
(3,282 posts)but they were right.
I'd open my store when the White House is open for tours to the general public again.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)LudwigPastorius
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uponit7771
(90,335 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,069 posts)What's up with "Pence and Trump appear not to have had contact with Katie Miller recently."
Not to mention, the location they were together - not wearing masks - was at a nursing home the day before.
Link to tweet
TNNurse
(6,926 posts)we are NOW putting them into place". The implication that they have not had precautions before is very encouraging.
Blue Owl
(50,356 posts)n/t
Maraya1969
(22,479 posts)sellitman
(11,606 posts)Maybe not a direct quote but never the less.