Less than a week after attending the White House’s election party, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Ben Carson tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, TPM has confirmed.
A HUD spokesperson told TPM that the secretary had contracted the virus.
“He is in good spirits and feels fortunate to have access to effective therapeutics which aid and markedly speed his recovery,” Carson’s deputy chief of staff, Coalter Baker, said in a statement to ABC News.
Carson had attended the White House’s election night party. White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, who tested positive for the virus last week, was also there.
Additionally, BuzzFeed News reported that the HUD secretary attended an indoor GOP fundraiser three weeks ago with dozens of attendees who were not wearing masks.
Thoughts and prayers…
If Ben Carson slips into a COVID coma, will anyone notice?
The biggest impediment to the transition is not going to be the Trump/GSA shenanigans, but shit like this.
Biden’s transition team had better suit up like they are in an ER Covid ward. Plus, I cannot imagine anyone moving into the the WH (or officing in the West Wing) until house staff there has had a two-week quarantine and the place has been fumigated.
Luckily there’s lots of room on the White House grounds for an RV. Paging Dr. Biden!
The White House needs to be fumigated with ultra violet light and any other method of ridding it of the virus, both Covid and Orange putrification.
Carson has access to effective therapeutics. Good for Ben and the others in the Trump orbit. What about the rest of us?