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Here’s another little tidbit the Trump administration wanted to keep secret.
The Secret Service now has a collection of coronavirus—11 active cases, 60 in self-quarantine, and 23 others who have recovered. Hopefully, none of the infected have self-medicating with disinfectant on their to-do lists.
Here’s who else has it, which is invariably the tip of the pandemic iceberg.
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Katie Miller, Mike Pence’s press secretary and the wife of Stephen Miller, has also tested positive for the virus. While they might be immune from the truth and justice… corona don’t care.
Pictured below (on the right) is Katie Miller — Mike Pence's press secretary who just tested positive for #COVID19 — at the healthcare facility where Pence delivered masks yesterday.
Note that Miller is the only one *not* wearing a mask. pic.twitter.com/d7mo8qTCyd
— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) May 8, 2020
I know everyone is making jokes about Stephen Miller's wife testing positive for COVID-19, but it's also pretty gross that Trump straight up violated Katie Miller's medical privacy. Employers are, you know, not supposed to do that. https://t.co/UQDRdEEElu
— Kendall Brown (@kendallybrown) May 8, 2020
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President Trump’s personal valet tested positive. He’s a member of the Navy that works intimately with the President inside the White House and is responsible for serving Trump his meals and Diet Cokes throughout the day. Who knows how many others he may have infected.
President Trump's personal valet who tested positive for COVID-19 works in the West Wing and serves the president his meals, among other duties, according to a White House official. Valets do not wear masks, this official says.
— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) May 7, 2020
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Just ONE DAY after his personal valet tested positive, Trump went maskless around WW II vets, saying that they’re too “pure” to catch the virus. Incidentally, even if he tested negative that doesn’t guarantee anything. There’s a 14.8% rate of false negatives.
Does a worse example for a leader in a pandemic exist? He doesn’t practice social distancing. He doesn’t wear a mask. He simply doesn’t care.
Trump said Friday he didn’t wear a face mask while honoring elderly World War II veterans — just one day after his personal valet tested positive for the coronavirus — because he was “very far away from them” and “they’re so pure, it will never happen.” https://t.co/tcTE0gAMHq
— P A T • L E E (@pat_lee) May 9, 2020
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Trump showed up at the Honeywell mask factory in goggles. Yes, goggles.
The President says he doesn’t want to wear a mask because of sheer vanity. He fears looking “ridiculous” in a mask more than he fears killing another 79,000 on his incompetent watch.
Trump not wearing mask but goggles at Honeywell facility. Other aides not wearing masks at all. Sign in facility says “face mask required in this area.” pic.twitter.com/Uq7Fr2ioeS
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) May 5, 2020
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He can lie to the press. He can lie to his voters. He can even lie to your staff…but he can’t lie to a virus.
