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Nearby: Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination for the Supreme Court last Saturday. Image: keystone
Where Trump and company are believed to be infected
The list of high-ranking Republicans who have contracted the coronavirus has been extended in recent hours. In addition to Donald and Melania Trump, the following people have tested positive for Covid-19:
- Thom Tillis (Senator from North Carolina)
- Mike Lee (Senator from Utah)
- Kellyanne Conway (former Trump senior adviser)
- John Jenkins (president, University of Notre Dame)
- Bill Stepien (trumps Wahlkampfmanager)
- Ronna McDaniel (party leader)
- Hope Hicks (Trump’s senior political adviser)
Interesting: Tillis, Lee, Conway and Jenkins were there last Saturday when President Trump introduced Amy Coney Barrett as a candidate for the Supreme Court and successor to the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg. All in all, according to various US media reports, so far at least seven people infected with the coronavirus who attended the event. In addition to those mentioned, a journalist who also participated in the event is said to have been infected.
Barrett said Friday that he did not test positive for coronavirus. But speculation is growing that the nomination ceremony became a widely publicized event.
Because one thing is clear: the event organizers criticized the social distancing measures. Dozens of high-ranking Republicans sat close to the occasion, mostly unmasked.
Igor Bobic of the Huffington Post finds clear words: “You haven’t even implemented the minimum (of measures). These people should be fired. “
Speculation is further fueled that it has become a super broadcast event through a graphic processing of the American political magazine Politico. The website took a closer look at the event. It shows that many of those who have since tested positive for the coronavirus sat together at the event.
It cannot be conclusively clarified for sure whether the participants were actually infected at this event. But there are at least some signs that Ginsburg’s successor event to the Republicans turned into a blockbuster event.
Ginsburg, who died Sept. 18, had made it clear that it was his wish that his court seat not be filled “until the new president is in office.” Democrats have also argued that his replacement should not be confirmed until after the 2020 election. Trump and Republicans did not hear this, on the contrary. (meg)
