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brooklynite

(94,503 posts)
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 07:29 AM Oct 2020

Donald Trump's Family Ignored Mandatory Mask Rule at Presidential Debate With Joe Biden

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Source: Newsweek

President Donald Trump's family ignored mandatory mask-wearing requirements at the debate between him and Democrat candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, members of the Trump family and the Trump administration entered the debate hall, where rules required everyone in the room wear masks, without masks, according to NBC News correspondent Hallie Jackson.

A doctor in a white lab coat was reported to have started to approach Trump family guests to ask them to put on masks, also offering them one in case they did not have one.

As the doctor got closer to them, Jackson said on the news channel's live blog covering the debate, "someone shook their head and no one she reminded to put on a mask ended up putting one on."


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Donald Trump's Family Ignored Mandatory Mask Rule at Presidential Debate With Joe Biden (Original Post) brooklynite Oct 2020 OP
I wonder if the closest thing is radioactivity bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #1
... BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #2
Were they hoping to infect Biden? Lonestarblue Oct 2020 #3
Looks like an attempted hit job by virus. NCjack Oct 2020 #5
Karma? mitch96 Oct 2020 #4
Talk about a super spreader event. machI Oct 2020 #6
Melania was wearing a mask at the debate, Tracer Oct 2020 #7
Locking JudyM Oct 2020 #8

bucolic_frolic

(43,137 posts)
1. I wonder if the closest thing is radioactivity
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 07:44 AM
Oct 2020

can you be potentially lethal without actual physical contact? If someone is positive, knowingly, is it criminal to interact with others with reckless abandon? Some people who were HIV positive, and knew it, were charged with crimes for exposing others in physical interactions. I think these events are very similar and potentially criminal.

BumRushDaShow

(128,881 posts)
2. ...
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 08:08 AM
Oct 2020

Lonestarblue

(9,978 posts)
3. Were they hoping to infect Biden?
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 08:11 AM
Oct 2020

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
5. Looks like an attempted hit job by virus.
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 08:21 AM
Oct 2020

mitch96

(13,893 posts)
4. Karma?
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 08:13 AM
Oct 2020

machI

(1,285 posts)
6. Talk about a super spreader event.
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 08:42 AM
Oct 2020

Tracer

(2,769 posts)
7. Melania was wearing a mask at the debate,
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 08:45 AM
Oct 2020

so the next talking point will be that "masks don't work!"

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