In addition to President Trump and First Lady Melania, Hope Hicks, Chris Christie, Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien, former Senior Advisor Kellyanne Conway, Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, Senator Mike Lee, Senator Thom Tillis and Senator Ron Johnson have all tested positive for COVID-19. A strange and curious outbreak when we consider all prior group events with POTUS, and the same set of protocols being followed, and yet no prior issues…. until October.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has modified the senate legislative calendar after Senator Mike Lee, Senator Thom Tillis and Senator Ron Johnson have tested positive for COVID-19. However, the senate judiciary schedule for supreme court nominee Amy Coney Barrett remains unchanged.
“Previously-scheduled floor activity will be rescheduled until after October 19th … The important work of the Senate’s committees can and will continue as each committee sees fit,” McConnell said in a statement.
LOUISVILLE, KY– Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement regarding the upcoming Senate floor schedule:
“On Monday, I intend to obtain a consent agreement for the Senate to meet in pro forma sessions for the next two weeks. Previously-scheduled floor activity will be rescheduled until after October 19th.
“The important work of the Senate’s committees can and will continue as each committee sees fit. The Senate Judiciary Committee will convene on October 12th as Chairman Graham has scheduled to begin confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court. The Senate’s floor schedule will not interrupt the thorough, fair, and historically supported confirmation process previously laid out by Chairman Graham.
“Since May, the Judiciary Committee has operated flawlessly through a hybrid method that has seen some Senators appear physically at its hearings while other members have participated virtually. The Committee has utilized this format successfully for many months while protecting the health and safety of all involved. Certainly all Republican members of the committee will participate in these important hearings.
“Elaine and I continue to pray for President Trump, the First Lady, and all of those impacted by COVID-19.” (link)
I just received word that I am positive for COVID-19. I want to thank all of my friends and colleagues who have reached out to ask how I was feeling in the last day or two. I will be receiving medical attention today and will keep the necessary folks apprised of my condition.
— Chris Christie (@GovChristie) October 3, 2020
Many people are pointing to the Amy Coney Barrett announcement in the rose garden, as the source of the group infection. However, given the nature of the opposition forces; and considering all prior efforts that political resistance members have exhausted to attack the administration and the White House; one cannot easily dismiss the COVID-19 outbreak as a targeted “October Surprise” event.
The “senior administration official” the media are quoting in their concerning narrative, about the status of President Trump’s health, is definitively chief-of-staff Mark Meadows.
UPDATE: Immediately after the press conference ended and before the anonymous statement was sent out, Mark Meadows briefed reporters without cameras—but he was caught on a feed asking to be off the record. pic.twitter.com/JyrhSmu1Y0
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) October 3, 2020
On a related note it is not a conspiracy theory when Mark Meadows was in congress Meadows was THE source for all of John Solomon’s reporting about ‘spygate’ and various issues related to the targeting of the Trump administration. After several years eventually Solomon admitted to the nature of the relationship.
Do you remember the strategy/warning from Alex Castellanos in 2015? If you look back with hindsight at his statements there is something to be said for what he laid out… when no-one was paying attention. [REMINDER HERE]
When it comes to DC politics, often the most obvious outcomes are not due to conspiracy theory, but rather conspiracy fact. I digress.
Interesting.
FOX NEWS: Steve Scalise says coronavirus testing on Capitol Hill has been offered to Nancy Pelosi, but she turned it down
https://twitter.com/joshdcaplan/status/1312469789235847169?s=21
That is very interesting…
There a reason they call themselves the Resistance.
The Tweet has been removed!
Scalise: Coronavirus Testing on Capitol Hill Has Been Offered to Pelosi — But She Turned It Down
Kellyanne Conway was seated in a Bermuda Triangle of sorts at the Amy Coney Barrett announcement in the Rose Garden – smack in the middle of First Lady Melania Trump, Sen. Mike Lee and Notre Dame President John I. Jenkins. All 3 have tested positive. Kellyanne shook several hands, and appeared to whisper in the ear of AG Barr.
Her daughter, Claudia, is well known for her ferocious views on Donald Trump, and rather oddly, chose to break the news of her mother’s diagnosis before her mother. Has Claudia been tested? Have her contacts been traced?
That girl is a piece of work.
this will never be revealed.
Kelly has earned a pass even if this ever was true.
but honestly we just dont know anythign and never will, its all subject to the strongest propaganda team to pick the narrative.
POTUS recovered by Oct 14th.
I definitely think there was a shaking hands situation that started the spread. I don’t think it has to do with masks or sneezing etc.
I would think I would be more concerned about Kelly’s husband. Besides, daughter and father appear to be working toward the same goal.
Just an observation on VP Pence—-they never seem to target him at all. My thought he is safe for now. I have looked for what Nancy said to PT last week and I can’t find it. She told someone on Fox that she asked PT that time was running out and wanted to know if he was prepared for what could be a messy situation in the House. My husband said she sounded like she was threatening him so I know it wasn’t just me.
Yes, just an observation…..asking for a friend
If Mitch and company were team players, they would put the Senate in recess until after the election. The SC needs nine justices now!
Article I, Section 5, Clause 4
Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.
https://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/articles/1/essays/24/adjournment
Every single person in Congress should have to be tested.
I would rather they not.
Because it will then stand out in stark contrast when they force us to do things that they won’t.
… when they TRY to force us … (fixed it for ya ?)
Unless there are some serious co-morbidities, the stronger the symptoms- the higher the viral load (case in point see first responders who were coughed directly in their faces). Hope Hicks is quite young and apparently quite ill. It would appear she was subjected to a very strong viral load and her case would be a good one to watch as possibly one of the key ones as to how everyone else got infected. Most Euro[ean studies have shown that a super spreader (contrary to some US stories) do have a fever and symptoms- in fact it’s necessary before their viral load is high enough too be able to spread it effectively. So unless video shows someone with obvious symptoms around some of the positive cases (and between the 9 + positive cases I’m sure they can make a list cross referencing who they came across), it would appear that some other device was used (aerosol, liquid placed on high touch items, etc)
I think the idea of an earlier post is that the ‘testing kits’ may have been laced. Not sure of the verification of the info as the tweet has been removed. But Pelosi refused the same test. Looks far more sinister that what you are proposing I feel)
If they find even one laced testing kit, that’s not just a criminal matter, that’s federal court and attempted murder. That would be a heck of a case. If that’s a real theory they better be confiscating all the kits ASAP before they are “accidentally” destroyed.
I didn’t know. How do we know Hope Hicks is quite ill?
Daily Mail reported she was the first to show symptoms and self-quarantined on AF1. Apparently, she was quite unwell. Of course, my information is imperfect because we are reliant on the media for coverage and they will obfuscate the facts (eg Chrissy Wallace and the debate). Hopefully, someone on the team can piecemeal it all together, I’m sure a huge amount is also filmed.
The Daily Mail has a rabid anti-President Trump bias. I would take anything they write pertaining to him and/or Republicans with a grain of salt. Not even a grain.
Don Jr reported on Tucker Carlson last night that he had spoken to Hope Hicks prior to this interview and she was in good spirits and wanted to get back to work on President Trump’s re-election campaign as soon as possible. No mention of her being gravely ill?
I agree. In most instances I’ve seen even close family members don’t all get sick. Seems strange that so many are getting sick with relatively little interaction.
Also my understanding is that they all tested negative in order to be able to attend.
Did they have food at the event? Maybe a sick caterer.
Did they have the fish or the steak? (Had to add a little humor)
Cleve Clinic tested all inside the debate venue, except the President’s party, which arrived too late to be tested in time for the debate.
The President’s family also removed their masks after being seated, which was against the “rules.”
Heaven forfend someone break a “rule.”
Info from Cleve Clinic, which is insisting they are not the source of the President’s infection.
Our local branch of the Cleveland Clinic has had a serious data breach.
Not surprised.
Lasagna
it would appear that some other device was used (aerosol, liquid placed on high touch items, etc)
Here in Canada, O’Toole (Conservative leader) and Blanchet (Bloc Quebecois leader) are back at work after testing postive for COVID back in mid-September.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/commons-return-otoole-blanchet-1.5744512
I don’t want to trivialize the many White House cases of testing positive for Covid, but it doesn’t carry the stigma as it did back in March and April.
God Bless.
Not a coincidence that it appears to be all Republicans suddenly “testing positive” for the Chinavirus. I’d immediately suspect the testing since we know that 90% of the “positive” tests are for levels of some virus, not even necessarily the Chinavirus, too low to be of any concern due to the over sensitivity of the testing. And I don’t see how Meadows’ providing off the record information to reporters, if that is what he was doing, is proof of anything.
I am more concerned with a wave of another novel virus, of some sort, that will feed off of the seeds of CV-19 and won’t be identified until Jan/Feb 2021.
I am also concerned that our POTUS is in the hands of a possible “substandard military regime(nt) from last administration”.
I am also concerned that he was given Remdesivir(sp), which has been peddled by Dr Faux, i think for ebola, but maybe swine flu.
As for Meadows, it would be the ultimate betrayal to the folks I know right across the NC/SC border. The only signs you would see in 2018 were for him as we traveled through NC wine country were for him.
I would nod to Christie as the poser. Maybe Kelly Anne. Who knows, the swamp is deep, but it is exposed.
Prayer candle is lit, with six on standby.
May God Bless our President, and The United States of America.
See some news outlets reporting POTUS has difficulty breathing, others saying thats fake news. Ughhh. Either way. Hope potus comes back soon kicking ass and taking names.
There is no “either way.” The doctor at Walter Reed stated that the President did NOT have any difficulty breathing.
They said he isn’t on oxygen.
…they ALSO said he had **no difficulty breathing**
in the first statement of symptoms
and sometimes also in answering the multiple repeats
of the oxygen question
He was given some oxygen back at the White House as a precautionary measure before he went to Walter Reed, but once he got at the hospital and the full treatment regimen started, he didn’t need it.
Mazziflol~~
Why would you even consider what ‘other’ news outlets are reporting when there’s a 7 minute video from the ACTUAL DOCTORS treating President Trump RIGHT HERE ON THIS WEBSITE?
?
Sheesh
troll alert
With his oxygen saturation levels he’s not having trouble breathing. I wish mine were that good.
I think the Wuhan virus was just one of several bio-weapons being used …..
One of my son a month ago was tested at school VT..first time neg.2 weeks later positive …
he lives off campus with 5 other guys ……4 of them also positive….
none had strong systems…..my son said his taste buds were messed up a bit ,but it was not even as strong as a cold.
He and his pals all doing great now……….
as for me i do not trust the test………and PT getting it at the same times as others ….mmmm
seems odd to me…….perhaps I should get out my tin-fiol hat again…???
foil…
I spoke with a man in his forties with two young boys in the grocery store this morning. I struck up a conversation because neither the man nor the boys had masks on and I didn’t either. I complimented him on not putting a mask on the two kids. He said he tested positive two months ago. He runs marathons. He said he didn’t have one day when he couldn’t run.
I wonder if there were any memento’s handed out at the nomination? If so, who handed them out? The possibilities are many at this point!
Walter Reed source tells @OANN, “A big concern right now is he isn’t getting enough rest. The man doesn’t know how to sit still. Lays down for 20min at best until he’s back up and pacing around. Eager to get back to the WH”
Second @OANN source close to the WH adds, “Doctors are still concerned about his trajectory.” Sunday is the target day.
Nutty Nancy Pelosi aka mob daughter
Hello. Sunday Morning, Hello.
We have arrows in our quiver which I’m not about to discuss.
That was a very sick response to George.
The inflammation, especially of the lungs, doesn’t always start immediately. That is probably what they’re watching for in the next few days.
I watched the Cleveland debate on C-span and before the event they were scanning the audience. I noticed that Mark Meadows was chatting to different folks and he kept pulling out hand sanitiser and using it and offering it to the folks who came over to have a word. Most were also masked so impossible to tell who they were.
Not that this means anything except precautions were routine.
To the Trump family— I wish someone would stay with President Trump for duration of his hospital stay. But, that’s just me. I’m a worrier.
Agree; my worry was about the First Lady being at the White House going through this without a family member there; perhaps her sister is with her?
Then who is going to be there watching Barron? He must be terrified.
He’s fifteen years old and all – but we’re talking about his parents here!
Melania’s parents are probably taking care of him.
I was assuming he would be with his grandparents, the First Lady’s parents; perhaps he’s with his sister Tiffany? My imagination says this would be a perfect time for him and some friends to be enjoying Camp David or some other such place. Who knows???
Especially because one medication is by intravenous drip. Who is inspecting and observing the administration? Call me suspicious.
Constant observation of an IV drip is normally the responsibility of floor RNs, though any RA or CNA may notify if it isn’t working properly. In this kind of high profile case, an MD on the care team would visit or check in every 2-3 hours. The vitals monitoring is 24/7, recorded in a central “hub” location.
Wonder how many other arrows Piglosi has in her quiver?
Maybe a U-shaped one.
I agree, something about this has a distinct oder. I most certainly would not put it past PDJTs enemies or count out foul play.
Probably someone with the virus who was sloppy, rubbing his runny nose (like someone mentioned above about Mike Lee and his friend, like Jerry Seinfeld said about the cook, “Poppy is sloppy”), hugging and shaking hands. No reason to ascribe malice when jackassery is a good enough explanation. The video needs to be examined.
The malicious explanation would be someone who put the concentrated virus on his right hand, shook as many high-value hands as possible and then promptly washed the virus off in the bathroom. Far-fetched, especially if the video shows a jackass.
There’s a shielding lotion called Gloves in a Bottle that protects hands, is invisible and hands can be washed several times without removing it. Used in food service industry.
I don’t read anything nefarious into what Meadow’s said; seems like an assumption that he is the source of something.
Well I guess you could say there’s the October surprise we’ve all been waiting for. Out of left field but not surprising. Potus will be back bigger and stronger.
And the Distraction ‘Squirrel’ Media continues.
I truly wish we could use the terminology that defines our current knowledge of the Chyna Virus. We know the death rate is similar to the flu. We are allowing the disinformation to continue, ourselves. Pandemic, positive cases, super spreader, mask wearing, outbreaks, this allows the CCP to again control the narrative.
Alcoholism Suicides Divorce, Child Abuse ,Education Civil Rights all at pandemic levels.
To have a rational understanding, all death rate stats for a current point of reference are needed. CDC W.H.O have the rates even if you don’t trust them: equivalent to the flu.
I try to talk about how good the current therapeutics are when the discussion comes up about catching this Chyna flu virus. IF you need it and are in the age bracket. Otherwise what are you waiting for..You must have complete Faith. I have been traveling to Virginia to see my Mother since they allowed outside 30 minute visits a month ago.. It is Elder abuse, she has lost many in her complex to Dementia. These are Cruel people.
I pray, understanding that God has all those suffering needlessly are in His hands. Praying our President DJT our First Lady Melania and their family are protected not only from the virus but from the Harm others would do unto them and our Great Country. Amen
Christian Soldiers do not live in fear, cold anger, We know.
I live in the Panhandle of Florida and this is Trump Country USA, Baby.
Our Governor Rocks……
Like many have already mentioned, how could SO MANY people supposedly become infected at this one outdoor event if all those same people were required to be tested prior to being allowed to enter?? So someone was already infected but tested negative and somehow managed to spread it to all of those other people??
And, WHY in the world is Mark Meadows making off the records comments to the press about Trump’s status??? I read the article but still don’t get it!!
I also want to know why he would ever trust this media with something off the record. What am I missing?
For Meadows I could think of a few reasons
1) To leave a little ambiguity in case things didn’t go as well.
2) Build a little sympathy and take pressure off if things stay the same for a few days as it will still look like improvement.
3) Distract the media from something else by throwing them a meaningless squirrel to chase.
4) Maybe there was more concern initially and this would get ahead of any subsequent leak of such while doing so in a slower more difficult to really hype fashion.
In war, decapitating your enemies command and control structure is a top priority. When you look at the list of casualties, our enemy carried out a very successful operation to remove many of our commanders. Hopefully they all will soon return to the battlefield. Our troops will carry on to victory in spite of this setback. Praying for our fearless leader and all those under his command who were affected by this assassination attempt.
President Trump: ”The leaks are real. The news is fake.”
Here’s hoping everyone getting anywhere near him at Walter Reed is one of the good guys/gals.
Odd man out: Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins ?
I have read that he is NOT a fan of the President? Was he invited only because ACBwas a graduate of Notre Dame Law?
Maybe someone carried in a small vial of virus and purposely infecting everywhere and everyone. You would never know. I don’t believe in coincident in DC
Notre Dane famous for deep connections to the Clinton /Obama cabal . Liberal academia on steroids even if Catholic in Name Only .
*Dame
Somebody deliberately spread this thing. Not aerosol, or others would have been infected.
My observation is that Mr Christie has longtime health challenges which can seriously hamper a COVID recovery. Hope I’m wrong.
So I was looking at the photograph for this thread of Mitch and PDJT, and guessing what was said. What I came up with was:
“Listen we have this cargo ship coming in with some PRIMO powder. Now I know you “don’t do drugs” and all, but I am saying you should just try a bump. Just a little bump, and see how the day goes. It will give you the energy to free the world! Then if you like it, we can talk about the eight ball diet plan. A proven system to help you shed those unwanted pounds. What ya say?”
I’ve scanned the article and comments and haven’t seen two areas discussed: What is the prognosis/situation with each of those infected, and what treatment are they receiving?
I think that information is protected under HIPAA. POTUS is a slightly, but not entirely different situation. His MD chose his words pretty carefully in the earlier press conference.
And….what about our First Lady? Anyone care to report?
Mickey, this evening they were saying the First lady has had no changes since last night when she had a slight head ache and cough.
Held or President Trump sign wave in northern Minnesota today while massive numbers of tourists from the Twin Cities drove by.
Very different response this year than what I saw 4 years ago at this time, for sure.
Almost every big-rig driver blew their horn for a long time while passing by. Sweet! And about half of the people waved or gave us a thumbs-up, while the other half screamed profanities, gave us the finger, or did their best to hide themselves behind their hand while driving by.
Those who yelled anything untoward were out-yelled with hardy “Four More Years!” from Team Trump! I’m sure we hurt their poor, tender feelings. . .
The crazies drove by with windows closed and masked up, even when by themselves in their own car.
One lady with a mask on, in her own car, with the windows closed, made a point of slowing down and pointing to her mask as if to tell us, ‘Put your mask on!’ That dern Karen, she’s always doing her best to keep everyone safe in her pretend little universe.
Considering all the leftists in Minnesota I consider a half-n-half mix a fabulous win for President Trump!
This all really makes me ill. I hate the rain but did five mile walk in it just to pray and gather my thoughts. How would we ever know if this was intentional? All signs obviously point that way. Who would investigate? There are so very few who can be trusted. Even the thought of President Trump being admitted to WR makes me cringe. IDK, prayer seems to be the only comfort at present. These are truly dangerous times.
Would it be possible that the President asked his Chief of Staff to give an off the record telling of seemingly conflicting info but not really super-conflicting info to the press, in order to keep the media tied in knots?
If so, there must be something really big going on in the background while the President undergoes treatment,
of which, in another thought, given that two of the treatments are still in the research, phase 3, stage, it’s almost as if the President is a willing volunteer to take these experimental treatments, being able to assure the people that he would not ask us to do anything he himself was not willing to do?
The President has said he would take the vaccine 1st patient or last, whichever was best for America. His taking these two treatments has generated saftey data & eventually results of therapy. That data will be used to help determine best therapy for other Americans.
It is imperative. We NEED patient zero. It will all become clear after that.
There is no further excuse for Mark Meadows. This scum slime politician-to-the-bone idiot is dead to me.
“Dear Lord, please give President Trump the strength and wisdom to Fire Mark Meadows tonight”
For what? You know nothing.
Yes, all these sudden “positive tests” are suspicious. But can we be honest here? Up till now, most of us have RIGHTLY said a positive test isn’t a big deal, since the dangerousness of the virus itself is so overblown. If we did “tests” on everyone all the time to see if they were “positive” for a typical flu virus, or cold virus, or whatever… wouldn’t we expect to have a lot of “positives” there too? I have no way of proving it, of course, but my guess is that the percentage of people testing positive for this particular virus is about the same as for any other virus. The difference is, this one is being tested and reported on constantly, while all the other are mostly ignored.
So it’s fine to question what’s going on here (with this new “outbreak”), but I just hope we DON’T get carried away with worrying about actual serious illnesses. Because I have NO doubt that’s what our enemies are wanting us to do. I don’t think they expect a bunch of people on our side to suddenly get deathly ill. What I DO think they expect is for us to freak out.
LET’S NOT!
Just because the press and Democrat state leaders have used covid to scare us and abuse their powers is no reason to downplay
Well guess what comrade bitches, NO FEAR HERE. I just hope it’s the inoculate virus and not the L strain. I would have preferred Trump take HCQ or Ivomec w zinc But hopefully the Remsvidir knocks it out.
Looking at who has it I have zero doubt it was spread to them intentionally and should be investigated as such since you can trace the virus. I’m guessing they used something to aerialist the live virus as George Webb predicted they’d do in Jacksonville it at a rally. It the timing on this doesn’t just impact the debate it impacts the SCOTUS bearings and election plus campaigning at height of campaign season and right as the real direct on Russiagate and how it touches Hillary, Obama and Biden.
Shenanigans!!!!
I heard he died a few years ago, but if he hadn’t I’d be willing to bet CornPop had something to do with this!
What the hell is Mark Meadows doing, speaking off the record in the first place?
He’s frikkin White House Chief of Staff !!!
He should have NOTHING to say that’s not on the record
Not a doctor but since Democrats seem immune to Covid 19, perhaps we can test their blood to see what it is about their chemistry that even a virus finds them objectionable
Honestly I’m not sure that what you are implying that is in their blood is in their blood , since most of them, dem pols and Hollywood types, seem to be looking rather rough these days. Rather interesting
If Meadows indeed uttered that “hush hush” chatter there is indeed no rationale nor excuse for it. It’s entirely possible that POTUS was finding himself having some challenges with breathing comfort before leaving, whereas it would be proper to place him on some oxygen as an initial response. But that’s certainly not the business of the propaganda media, nor is the speculative “oh my he’s not so well” clatter that became the chatter.
They named him. So either they lied or he needs to fess up and clarify.
Then he needs to shut up until after the election so he can resign or be fired.
It never ceases to amaze me how weak kneed some people in the administration become around the press. A stupid maneuver by Meadows if he did do it.
Who knows? When it comes to the supposed ‘off the record’ comment from Meadows, what if it was something that President Trump asked/told him to do?
We will never likely know the full truth of it unless it was Meadows going off script and the President deals with him publicly.
Knowing how he would never get a fair shake from the MSM from the minute he announced his running, what did he do? He used them to his advantage in his first election. Perhaps this is more of the same. Maybe he is again using them through “off the record” comments by Meadows or perhaps he’s just throwing something shiny out there for them to look at while he goes through treatment.
One thing is for sure, President Trump LOVES to play mind games and ‘troll’. Thankfully it’s on the side for us patriots.
I hope Christie will be OK. He’s never looked healthy/fit to me.
My concern is that the Senate Republicans won’t confirm her before the election, and will use the virus as an excuse for their inaction.
There is nothing preventing them from starting the confirmation process on this coming Monday. There was nothing preventing them from starting it several days ago. There is no reason for them to be dragging their feet the way they are.
GW Pundit reports today that ‘Officials for the City of Cleveland said 11 cases of the Wuhan coronavirus could be traced back to the Sept. 29 presidential debate.’
The Republican debate group apparently arrived late and got tested separately.
Possibly infected test kits or hand sanitizer?
Another debate viewer reported that “after the debate that PTrump & FLOTUS went over to see Joe, but Jill ran up to him immediately, hugged him and refused to let Biden near the Trumps. They ended up walking away.”
Anybody have that debate video?
The NPR video on CTH just starts at Brad Parscale and ends at the Bill O’Reilly comments.
No huge caseload from the post-debate set of Trump rallies however…
Could we now be seeing not only climate arsonists, but COVID arsonists?
“The Republican debate group apparently arrived late and got tested separately.”
Do you have a source for that? How many of the people who have been announced as positive were at the debate?
I ‘d be looking at the staff who set up the chairs.
I have read this post several times… and all the comments on the first page. I also read the link to Castellons’ quotes. But what is he saying about Meadows?