Two Secret Service agents face isolation after Trump motorcade ride #CovidParade

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8805725/Two-Secret-Service-agents-face-isolation-Trump-motorcade-ride.html

At least two of Donald Trump's Secret Service detail are facing 14 days of isolation after traveling in a sealed car with the infected president during a motorcade stunt which caused 'outrage' among some of the agency's 3,000 elite bodyguards.

Doctors, the CDC and the state of Maryland say the agents will have to quarantine after their close contact with Trump, prompting anger from some agents at a president who was 'not even pretending to care'.

Agents have previously gone into isolation after an outbreak linked to an Oklahoma rally in June, and thousands of them are on duty during election season, meaning they can be subbed out quickly if some of them test positive.

While Trump's aides insist that the photo-op was cleared by medics, it is not known whether the agents agreed or were ordered to take part, and fears have been growing in the Secret Service about the White House's slapdash attitude to mask-wearing and social distancing.

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[Silent3]

1. Trump is just begging for a Praetorian Guard moment at this point n/t

[RockCreek]

2. They better have every moment if the quarantine paid for.

No sick leave, vacation, personal days, etc.
And if they get sick... ditto +
And if they don't, the public does want to know.

And if they get sick... ditto ++++

I'd also suggest a lawsuit for unsafe, frivolous occupational exposure, but with SS I doubt they would do it.

[Roland99]

3. They're doing 14 days. Senate Judiciary Committee members are only doing 10

hmm....wonder why

[Nevilledog]

4. The agents probably begged for longer. Who wouldn't want a way to avoid this shitshow?

[crickets]

6. Other way around. Judiciary is shortening the time, trying to get

the appointment made before the election. Given some of them really are sick, it likely won't work.

[Grasswire2]

5. 14 days off, away from HIM!

But angst and inconvenience for families.