Trump touches his ankles at event designated by conservative Supreme Court to cover coronavirus

US President Donald Trump appointed Justice Amy Connie Barrett to the United States Supreme Court on the 26th of last month in the Rose Garden of the White House. More than 150 people attended the nomination event that day, and 8 people, including President Trump, tested positive for Corona 19. [AP=연합뉴스]

The White House, which is tracking how and when the President of the United States, Donald Trump, was infected with the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), points to the nomination ceremony for Federal Justice held in Rose Garden, the House Blanca, five days ago, as the epicenter. While the Conservatives aimed to cement the Conservatives with the event of the mandatory appointment of a Conservative Supreme Court Justice, in the end, Corona 19 caught the ankle of the President and his aides.

A senior White House official told CNN on the 3rd (local time): “It is very likely that this coronavirus outbreak began last week at the Rose Garden event that named the Federal Supreme Court.”

On the 26th a great event was held in the Rose Garden of the White House. It was the place where President Trump officially nominated Judge Amy Connie Barrett, 48, to replace Federal Judge Ruth Vader Ginsburg, who died eight days ago.

More than 150 people attended, including key White House officials, executive ministers, senators and congressmen, and legal personnel. Attendees chatted face-to-face, shook hands, hugged and kissed on the cheeks without wearing masks. The chairs are also very close and social distancing has disappeared. CNN said: “This place was like a different world before Corona 19 came along.”

Of those attending this event, only 8 confirmed cases were known to the 3rd. President Trump, his wife Melania and former senior advisers Kelly Ann Conway all tested positive.

Also confirmed were Republicans Tom Tilis and Mike Lee, who are members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who will lead a hearing to confirm Barrett’s nominee. Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christy and University of Noterdale President John Jenkinson have also been confirmed to be infected. Three reporters were also confirmed, including NYT, and one of them covered the Rose Garden event.

Trump, before and after the confirmation of Corona 19. Ggaepik = Reporter Kim Kyung-jin [email protected]

When President Trump had the opportunity to appoint a third Supreme Court Justice during his tenure, the White House superbly prepared the event. The Washington Post reported that the presidential election schedule was seen as good news to move from controversy in response to the COVID-19 insolvency to the appointment of a conservative Supreme Court justice.

After the economic stimulus, which used to be President Trump’s re-election card, was cushioned by Corona 19, there was a conflict between the conservative and liberal camps surrounding the Federal Supreme Court in the car without a suitable alternative. Despite Democratic opposition, Trump pushed for the nomination of Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg, sparking expectations from Conservatives that the ideological landscape of the Supreme Court could be changed to Conservative 6 and Progressive 3.

The New York Times reported that the nomination ceremony was held outdoors, but the conversation and reception that took place before and after the event were held inside the White House. The scale of the infection could be even greater if it is revealed if it is confirmed by assistants general who are not close to Trump.

Trump’s closest adviser, adviser Hope Hicks, President Bill Steffian and Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Rona McDaniel have also been confirmed. They did not attend the Rose Garden event, but did meet with President Trump from time to time. Republican Senator Ron Johnson was also confirmed regardless of the Rose Garden event.

Former White House Counsel Kelly Ann Conway and Attorney General William Barr are speaking after Supreme Court Justice Amy Connie Barrett’s nomination ceremony on the 26th of last month. Conway tested positive for Corona 19 six days later. [AP=연합뉴스]

If the Supreme Court Justice Rose Garden’s nomination ceremony turned into a “ super spread event, ” the televised debate on the presidential candidate on the 29th of last month became a means of spreading the infection. by key Trump aides. Former Governor Christy, who helped prepare the debate, said that “no one was wearing a mask in the room preparing the debate with the president.” Former Governor Christy, Deputy Higgs, former Adviser Conway, and General Steffian participated in preparing the discussion.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, who was the debate, was judged negatively by the test results on the 2nd, and moderator Chris Wallace is awaiting the test results. Biden’s side is trying to differentiate itself from President Trump by increasing the amount of testing going forward and revealing all the results as soon as they are available.

Infections in the White House’s feet are likely to continue for now. “I don’t think this is the end,” said Mark Meados, the White House chief of staff. It is presumed that the follow-up and quarantine of contacts is not being accelerated since those attending the event have not been contacted by the authorities and are exposed to the confirmation news through media reports.

Washington’s response is that President Trump and others around him would be infected with Corona 19 at any moment. President Trump’s face-to-face ignorance of guidelines from health authorities, such as wearing a mask and refraining from meeting, piled up one by one, and the bank collapsed due to the Rose Garden event.

President Trump issued a wait-at-home order in March following the spread of Corona 19 in the United States, abstaining until the end of May, and resumed activities such as public campaigns beginning in June. In late August, the White House invited 1,500 guests while delivering a candidate acceptance speech on the last day of the Republican National Convention.

There is also an analysis that over time, the circumstantiality of security has spread. The White House said it’s safe because President Trump is tested for Corona 19 every day, and everyone who comes close to Trump is screened, but the prosecution could not be a precautionary measure, and the possibility was raised that even that was gradually neglected.

The White House remains unanswered to questions from the press about when President Trump received his last indictment and negative test before being confirmed. There is a possibility that the Corona 19 test may have been omitted one day, US media reported. For example, according to Fox News host Chris Wallace, who was in charge of conducting the presidential candidate’s television debate, participants in the television debate were supposed to be evaluated.

Although President Trump was confirmed, the number of people wearing masks increased significantly among White House staff, but guidelines from health officials were not yet followed. The Meadows secretary general, who has been in close business contact with the president, is working as usual without self-isolation even after Trump’s confirmation.

On the morning of the second day, when President Trump announced the confirmation, Meadows briefed reporters on the president’s health condition without wearing a mask. President Trump accompanied him as he headed to Walter Reed Army Hospital in a special Marine One helicopter.

US President Donald Trump filmed a four-minute video at Walter Reed County Hospital, where he was hospitalized on the 3rd. President Trump said, “It wasn’t good when I came here, but I’m getting better.” [로이터=연합뉴스]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have guidelines that contact with confirmed cases is not allowed, except for medical personnel and caregivers. President Trump took and distributed a four-minute video message without wearing a mask at the hospital on the 3rd, the second day of hospitalization. The US media noted how the White House remained indifferent, saying that the personnel for the filming would have been in a single space.

Washington = Correspondent Park Hyun-young [email protected]