President Trump leaves the White House for Walter Reed medical center on Friday.Sarah Silbiger/CNP via ZUMA
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As of this writing, here’s the list of people who have contracted COVID-19 in the outbreak among DC politicians:
- Donald Trump
- Melania Trump
- Hope Hicks
- Sen. Thom Tillis
- Sen. Ron Johnson
- Sen. Mike Lee
- Chris Christie
- White House staffer
- Another White House staffer
- One reporter
- Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president
- Ronna McDaniel, chair of the RNC
- Fr. John Jenkins, president of Notre Dame
- Bill Stepien, Trump campaign manager
It’s inevitable that eventually some Democrat will report testing positive for the coronavirus, but it’s striking that so far it’s 12 Republicans out of 14 cases (plus two unknowns who attended the announcement ceremony for Amy Coney Barrett). Doesn’t this have to be a wakeup call for Republicans? As a matter of pure self-preservation, don’t they have to cut the crap and start urging everyone to wear masks and maintain social distancing? We’ll find out, I guess.
