Thirteen staff members of the iconic Minneapolis steakhouse were separated by the restaurant after President Donald Trump provided a fundraiser during a visit to Minnesota last week.
Thirteen jobs for the Murray Restaurant Rent in downtown Minneapolis, which was handed over to fundraisers on Wednesday at the Lake Mintonca home of Marty Davis, CEO of Cambridge County manufacturer LLC. About 40 contributors paid the couple 200 200,000 or 100 100,000 per person for a chance to meet the president and hear him speak.
“Our staff only came to work at the party and at no stage did any staff come close to the president,” the restaurant said in a statement. “Upon learning of the President’s positive COVID-19 test, we created an immediate 14-day quarantine for all staff working in the party. In addition, the signature of every staff member working in the party will be made for Covid-19. ”
The family-owned restaurant Murray, known as “Home the F Silver Butter Knife Steak” since 1946. “It’s popular among the city’s movers and shakers and sports figures. Rest restaurant rent spokesman Chuck Sanger said the restaurant is still able to operate normally despite the quarantine.
The White House announced Friday that Davis has not returned multiple messages from the Associated Press since the president signed the COVID-19 agreement.
Helen Howell, a St. Paul philanthropist at Davis’ home in Shorewood, said in an interview Monday that no one approached the president by six feet. All guests had to wait in their cars to test before the subsequent incident, and they were not allowed inside until everyone had a negative test.
“We took photos with President Trump, but we weren’t by his side, we were 6 to 8 feet away from him,” he said.
Then, a short distance from the Trump-speaking podium, they took their assigned seats in the dining room. The tables were spread out, although seating was usually kept at each table. No one worried because they only tested negative, he said.
“He spoke for a good time,” Howley said. We could ask him any question we wanted. It was a real thrill for me to be in the presence of the president, “he said.” Dinner will not be served until then. Trump left for his rally in Duluth that night. “Everything was on the top shelf. It was beautiful.
On Monday, two more prominent Minnesota Republican politicians who came close to Trump during his visit said they had tested negatively. Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka and U.S. Senate candidate Jason Lewis both issued statements saying they got their test results back on Monday. The two were part of a committee that greeted Trump as he descended from Air Force One in Minneapolis last Wednesday. He was accompanied by House Minority Leader Kurt Dowdt, who announced on Saturday that he had undergone a negative test. They said they did not shake hands with the president and stayed several feet away from him during the encounter, which lasted five minutes.
The state’s top G.O.P. Gazelka, an elected official, said he was following his doctor’s advice and would continue to limit his activities. He said he would re-test this weekend to confirm the result. But former Congressman Lewis, who challenged Democratic Sen. Tina Smith, said he would return in the wake of the campaign.
Three GPs who flew on Air Force One with Trump. Congress (D cong Lath) and back in their rally in Duluth and Washington Washington – Reps. Lewis joins them for Duluth’s flight. All three congressmen are under democratic criticism for taking Delta Air Lines regular flight home to Minnesota on Friday night.
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