Well connected dunderheads, assholes, idiots, malicious hate-filled dumb fucks. They all thought the virus wasn’t a big deal because it was only killing the “right people”. that is to say – the poors and the browns. Trump still thinks that.
As COVID-19 cases spread through the White House and ruffle the Senate, cases among workers on Capitol Hill continue to rise in the center of American government, which to this day lacks a comprehensive testing regimen for all workers.
There are now 123 Legislative Branch employees or contractors who have tested positive — or are presumed positive — for COVID-19, according to Ashley Phelps, a Republican spokeswoman for the House Administration Committee. This total has increased by 20 since Aug. 28.
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(CNN)The top US general, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley, and several members of the Pentagon’s senior leadership are quarantining after a top Coast Guard official tested positive for coronavirus, several US defense officials tell CNN.