GOP faction leader rejects health care coming from Republican convention

Republican National Committee Chairman Ronna McDanielRonna Romney McDanielSunday shows preview: Republicans go for national convention, USPS debate continues in Washington RNC draws millions in July as online fundraising profits Democratic convention marks Republicans vote for Biden MORE said Sunday that the presence of some individuals attending the party’s national convention in Charlotte, NC will not pose any threats to public health.

“We tested everyone before they came to Charlotte, we tested everyone on the spot,” McDaniel said on ‘Face the Nation’ on CBS.

“We do things that allow people to live their lives, have a convention and do it in a healthy and safe way, which most Americans do,” she added.

McDaniel also blew up the Democratic presidential nominee Joe BidenJoe BidenHouse passes B bill to boost Postal Service Trump seeks to overcome erosive support among women Here are the states where Kanye West is on the ballot MORE for saying he would resume shutdown measures if public health advisers needed it, saying “this is a realistic way to open up our country and do it in a healthy and safe way and the Democrats say it all shut down. “

Host Margaret Brennan asked McDaniel about polls at CBS, indicating that 57 percent of Republicans think the number of U.S. deaths due to the new coronavirus is “acceptable,” compared to 10 percent of Democrats and 33 percent of independents.

“I think this is a really unfair questioning,” McDaniel replied. “There is no one in this country, starting with the President of the United States, who wants to see people disappear from this global pandemic … Republicans do not want to see people suffer from this pandemic.”

.@GOPChairwoman responds to @CBSNewsPoll with 57% of Republicans showing that number of deaths from #COVID is acceptable at 175,000:

“I think this is a really unfair questioning. Republicans do not want to see people suffering from this pandemic.” pic.twitter.com/E43B4p9rck

– Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) August 23, 2020

Brennan also addressed similar questions between Republicans and the general public about whether enough attention has been paid to discrimination in the U.S.

McDaniel responded that “there was a big difference between the words ‘Black Lives Matter’ and the movement led by people embracing Marxism,” pointing to the president’s actions on reform and punishment of criminal law to historic black universities.