By Brooklyn White ·November 9, 2020November 9, 2020
After attending an election night watch party hosted at the White House, Dr. Ben Carson, the president’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and several White House staffers have tested positive for coronavirus. Carson’s deputy chief of staff, Coalter Baker, confirmed that the HUD Secretary has the virus but “is in good spirits,” as he was released from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Carson is the secretary of housing and urban development for the United States.
With inconsistencies with social distancing restrictions and mask-wearing, the White House has faced heavy scrutiny,especially after refusing to disclose who has been affected after attending the event. Carson and his wife were also spotted at multiple “Black Voices for Trump” rallies without masks, which is another cause for concern.
White House officials shared with the Los Angeles Times that they only found out about positive cases via media outlets. Some aides then told told PBS’s Yamiche Alcindor that they felt pressured to attend the event to “save face,” and that they were worried it would become a potential super spreader event. With a surge in positive COVID-19 cases and even the President testing positive about a month ago, staffers are growing more concerned with the lackadaisical attitude the Trump administration seems to have towards the virus.
Ben Carson, who has tested positive for COVID, attended the WH election night watch party along with a number of Trump cabinet and WH officials.I talked to several aides last Tuesday who were worried the event would become a super spreader and felt pressured to go to save face.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) November 9, 2020
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