WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign says six staff members helping set up for his Saturday night rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have tested positive for coronavirus.
The campaign’s communications director, Tim Murtaugh, said in a statement that “quarantine procedures” were immediately initiated and no staff member who tested positive would attend the event. He said no one who had immediate contact with those staffers would attend, either.
Murtaugh said campaign staff members are tested for COVID-19 as part of the campaign’s safety protocols.
Campaign officials say everyone who is attending the rally will be given temperature checks before they pass through security. They will also be given masks to wear, if they want, and hand sanitizer at the 19,000-seat BOK Center.
The rally is expected to be the biggest indoor event the country has seen since restrictions to prevent the coronavirus from spreading began in March.
Tulsa has seen cases of COVID-19 spike in the past week, and the local health department director asked that the rally be postponed. But Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt said it would be safe. The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Friday denied a request that everyone attending the indoor rally wear a mask, and few in the crowd outside Saturday were wearing them.
They’re just walkin’ the walk, man! Promises made, promises kept!
AHAHAHAHAAAAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
(Sorry, but in my book this falls under the category of “just deserts”…)
It’s like Oprah: “Look under your seat! You get a virus! You get a virus!”
Only if Oklahoma’s body of government had a way of shutting this whole thing down. Because it needs to be.
Apparently there’s no one in public health or any other department that can either overrule Trump or talk any sense into him. This is another indication of his unstable mental condition. No one in their right mind would push forward with the rally. Certainly not now.
This administration has a bad habit of closing the barn doors after the horses escape. It’s a wonder there are any horses left.