Here's everyone at the White House Rose Garden SCOTUS event now called a likely 'superspreader.' Hel
USA TODAY is attempting to identify every person at the event using publicly available photographs of that day. Help us fill in the blanks.
More than 200 people attended the Sept. 26 event at the White House Rose Garden where President Donald Trump announced his nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The festive function – which drew high-profile public officials, religious leaders and other dignitaries – has since been called a likely coronavirus "superspreader" after nearly a dozen people in attendance later tested positive for COVID-19.
Among attendees testing positive are Trump and first lady Melania Trump; former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie; former counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah; Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C.; Notre Dame President Rev. John Jenkins; pastor and evangelist Greg Laurie; and freelance photographer Al Drago.
USA TODAY is attempting to identify every person at the event using publicly available photographs of that day. If you know of someone who is not on our list, please fill out this form.
We think we've identified the following people. The names in bold indicate those who have tested positive for coronavirus since the White House event. Seated on the left:
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along with every other carelessly executed event with which this administration has been involved.
In the long term, I wonder how many wrongful death and reckless criminal negligence law suits our government will have to pay for, all due to Trump's cavalier and laissez-faire attitudes and actions.
However, Republican victims of his bad behavior may be too proud or ashamed to take legal action.
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1. Kate Todd, White House lawyer
2. Rebecca Cipollone, Pat Cipollone's wife
3. Pat Cipollone, White House counsel
4. Mark Meadows, White House chief of staff
5. William Barr, U.S. attorney general
6. Tiffany Trump, president's daughter
7. Karen Pence, second lady
8. Mike Pence, vice president
9. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb.
10. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.
11. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho
12. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C.*
13. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo.
14. Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb.
15. Sharon Lee, wife of Sen. Mike Lee
16. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah*
23. Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La.
24. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga.
31. Alyssa Farah, White House communications director
32. Kayleigh McEnany, White House press secretary*
33. Michael Farris, president and CEO, Alliance Defending Freedom
41. Robert O'Brien, national security adviser
44. Kay Coles James, President, Heritage Foundation
46. O. Carter Snead, Notre Dame professor of law
48. Maureen Blum, president, SCI
53. Ed Whelan, president, Ethics and Public Policy Center
54. Jenna Ellis, Senior legal adviser for the president's campaign
56. Maureen Ferguson, senior fellow for Catholic Association
57. Michael Ferguson, former House member from New Jersey
65. Jeffrey Wall, solicitor general
75. Nicole Stelle Garnett, Notre Dame law professor
84. Mercedes Schlapp, Senior adviser for Trump-Pence Campaign
85. Matt Schlapp, lobbyist and chair of the American Conservative Union
86. Tom Fitton, president, Judicial Watch
And, seated on the right:
First Lady Melania Trump*
102. Jesse Barrett, husband of Amy Coney Barrett
107. The Barrett babysitter
108. Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president*
109. Patricia Scalia, wife of Eugene Scalia
110. Eugene Scalia, Labor secretary, son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
111. Maureen Scalia, widow of the late Justice Antonin Scalia
112. Father Paul Scalia, another son of the Scalias
113. Alex Azar, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary
114. Jeffrey Rosen, deputy U.S. attorney general
115. Laura Ingraham, FOX News host
118. C. Boyden Gray, Washington, D.C., attorney and former diplomat
119. G Marcus Cole, Notre Dame dean and law professor
120. The Rev. John Jenkins, president of Notre Dame University*
121. Franklin Graham, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
122. Cissie Lynch, member of the president's Faith Advisory Council
123. Paula White-Cain, White House Faith and Opportunity initiative and pastor
124. Jenny Hegseth, Pete Hegseth's wife
125. Pete Hegseth, "FOX & Friends" weekend co-host
126. Greg Laurie, pastor and evangelist, Southern California*
127. Jack Graham, pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church, Texas
128. Harry Jackson, president, Harry Jackson Ministries
129. Andrew Brunson, pastor and author
130. Robert Morris, founding pastor, Gateway Church, Dallas
131. Jentezen Franklin, senior pastor, Free Chapel, Georgia
132. Jerry Prevo, acting president, Liberty University
133. Skip Heitzig, senior Pastor of Calvary Church, Albuquerque
134. Paolo Carozza, Notre Dame law school
135. Tony Perkins, president, Family Research Council
136. Corey Lewandowski, lobbyist
137. David Bossie, president and chairman, Citizens United
138. Chris Christie, former New Jersey governor*
140. Ramiro Pena, senior pastor, Christ the King Church, Texas
141. Jenny Beth Martin, Tea Party Patriots
142. Ralph Reed, chairman, Faith and Freedom Coalition
143. Gary Marx, president, Madison Strategies
145. Cleta Mitchell, Foley & Lardner LLP, Washington, D.C.
146. Heather Higgins, Independent Woman's Voice chair
154. Kristan Hawkins, Students for Life president
159. Gary Bauer, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom member
164. Carol Tobias, National Right to Life president
168. Marjorie Dannenfelser, Susan B. Anthony List president
170. Penny Nance, Concerned Women for America, CEO
183. Jeanne Mancini, March for Life president
184. Carrie Severino, Judicial Crisis Network president
191. Chad Gilmartin, principal assistant press secretary*
192. Karoline Leavitt, assistant press secretary*
At the lecturn, D. J. Trump*
*tested positive
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