FLOTUS Skips Trump Rally Due To Lingering COVID Symptoms

First Lady Melania Trump addresses the Republican National Convention from the Rose Garden at the White House on August 25, 2020. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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First lady Melania Trump, who contracted COVID-19 several weeks ago, pulled out of her husband’s campaign rally scheduled for Tuesday evening in Pennsylvania due to remaining symptoms of the virus.

“Mrs. Trump continues to feel better every day following her recovery from COVID-19, but with a lingering cough, and out of an abundance of caution, she will not be traveling today,” Stephanie Grisham, the First Lady’s spokesperson, told NBC News.

Trump and the President were slated to appear together at the rally together in Erie, Pennsylvania.

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  1. Methinks the symptoms might linger another two weeks, precisely.

  2. “Schoolitis”, they used to call it.

  3. Going to be ironic as hell if Trump recovers and Melania ends up as a long-hauler.

  4. “Mrs. Trump continues to feel better every day following her recovery from COVID-19,"

    So it is isn’t just done an over with. Does she have the COVID fog? Can she remember who Donald is? Will she ever again?

  5. This is just an excuse. She wanted to stay home and work on her fucking Christmas decorations.

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