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applegrove

(118,622 posts)
Sun May 10, 2020, 01:55 PM May 2020

White House Races to Contain Virus In Its Ranks

White House Races to Contain Virus In Its Ranks

May 10, 2020 at 1:47 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

https://politicalwire.com/2020/05/10/white-house-races-to-contain-virus-in-its-ranks/

"SNIP......

“The Trump administration is racing to contain an outbreak of Covid-19 inside the White House, as some senior officials believe that the disease is already spreading rapidly through the warren of cramped offices that make up the three floors of the West Wing,” the New York Times reports.

Said economic adviser Kevin Hassett: “It is scary to go to work. I think that I’d be a lot safer if I was sitting at home than I would be going to the West Wing.”

He added: “It’s a small, crowded place. It’s, you know, it’s a little bit risky. But you have to do it because you have to serve your country.”

......SNIP"

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White House Races to Contain Virus In Its Ranks (Original Post) applegrove May 2020 OP
You ain't serving your country, bud. denem May 2020 #1
Yeah, I was going to say the same thing...serve your country by quitting your Raven May 2020 #5
Yeah, right. Newest Reality May 2020 #2
Hassett always as that shit-eating grin on his face PCIntern May 2020 #3
If that were actually possible C_U_L8R May 2020 #4
Going to file is under the heading of, Wellstone ruled May 2020 #6
Hell all they have to do is Andy823 May 2020 #7
The WH is going to have to be hosed down with clorox essme May 2020 #8
No masks needed, go to work, it will go away on its own Baclava May 2020 #9
Trump suddenly cares (about himself). Doodley May 2020 #10

Raven

(13,889 posts)
5. Yeah, I was going to say the same thing...serve your country by quitting your
Sun May 10, 2020, 02:09 PM
May 2020

asshole boss and blowing the whistle on him. THAT would be serving your country.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
2. Yeah, right.
Sun May 10, 2020, 01:59 PM
May 2020

"But you have to do it because you have to serve your country.”

Sure. If our country was being served we wouldn't be in such an horrible mess.

Let's translate that:

"But you have to do it because you have to serve the Con according to his dictates and also serve the special, vested interests getting all the "socialism" they can stand."

PCIntern

(25,532 posts)
3. Hassett always as that shit-eating grin on his face
Sun May 10, 2020, 01:59 PM
May 2020

I can see him as the ultimate-fail surgeon: he walks out of the OR smiling, goes up to the patient’s family still smiling and says: “she died on the table. I’m really sorry. Doesn’t happen too often, you know”. And walks away.

Andy823

(11,495 posts)
7. Hell all they have to do is
Sun May 10, 2020, 02:18 PM
May 2020

buy a huge supply of bleach and start guzzling it, and stick a light bulb up their butt and turn it on. I mean as their fearless leader, who says that would work, would say "what have you got to lose"!

essme

(1,207 posts)
8. The WH is going to have to be hosed down with clorox
Sun May 10, 2020, 02:18 PM
May 2020

and then aired out before the Bidens move in. Frankly, if I were them, I would not even do the customary "greeting and tour" thing when families move in and out.

Hose it down, turn up the heat and open the windows (it's chilly in January). and air it down without people in there for at least a week.

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