South Dakota governor, exposed to virus, joined Trump on jet

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

South Dakota governor, exposed to virus, joined Trump on jet

By STEPHEN GROVES
July 6, 2020

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Shortly after fireworks above Mount Rushmore disappeared into the night sky on Friday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem accompanied President Donald Trump aboard Air Force One despite having had close contact with Trump’s son’s girlfriend, who had tested positive for the coronavirus.

Trump has been in a position all along to encounter a virus that spreads from people who don’t feel sick, such as Noem, who had interacted closely at a campaign fundraiser with Donald Trump Jr.’s girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, who turned out to be infected. Noem didn’t wear a mask on the plane and chatted with the president as the flight returned to Washington, D.C., according to her spokesperson, Maggie Seidel.

Noem had tested negative for COVID-19 shortly before welcoming Trump to South Dakota on Friday, a day after she had interacted with Guilfoyle. One photo on social media showed Noem and Guilfoyle, who is also a Trump campaign staff member, hugging. The Trump campaign announced that Guilfoyle had tested positive on Friday.

Guilfoyle’s infection prompted some Republicans, such as Rep. Greg Gianforte of Montana, to take precautions against the spread of the coronavirus. He suspended in-person campaigning for his gubernatorial bid after his wife and his running mate both attended a fundraiser with Guilfoyle earlier in the week.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/743c0b135cf849c3c6df312a9d02b9ad

[The Blue Flower]

1. Be still my heart

what a happy dream

[fleur-de-lisa]

2. Go corona go!

[Wounded Bear]

4. How strange does life have to get for us to be cheering a virus?

[soothsayer]

3. He could use a taste of it

[TexasTowelie]

5. Corey Lewandowski was also on the flight.

Governor Noem ignored good public health practice and endanagered the stability of the American government and the health of every public servant on Air Force One just to make a show of herself and of her cavalier attitude toward the ongoing pandemic.

The sub-story here is that the people we pay to protect the President of the United States appear unable to do their jobs. Team Noem says the Governor asked the White House doctor if it was safe her for to come aboard, and the doctor said, sure, go for it. The White House doctor, it seems, is an idiot.

The Secret Service is not staffed by idiots. Agents have been placing themselves in harm’s way and suffering in the form of quarantine and positive coronavirus cases throughout the pandemic. Their boss keeps subjecting himself and his bodyguards to unnecessary risk. Trump, like Noem, insists on breaking CDC guidelines and refusing to take precautions, and the Secret Service somehow can’t rein in his recklessness.

http://dakotafreepress.com/2020/07/06/exposed-to-coronavirus-by-guilfoyle-noem-hops-on-overnight-flight-with-trump-to-dc/