'Nobody was wearing masks' during debate preparation, Chris Christie says after president contracts coronavirus
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President Donald Trump and very first lady Melania Trump have tested favorable for COVID-19 and “will begin our quarantine and recovery procedure right away.”.
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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Friday that during dispute preparation for President Donald Trump, who has considering that checked favorable for the coronavirus, none of the people present used masks.
” Nobody was wearing masks in the room when we were prepping the president throughout that period of time,” Christie said. “And the group was about five or 6 people, in total.”
Christie said on ABC’s ” Good Early Morning America” that he checked out the White Home to assist the president practice for the argument from Saturday through Tuesday. He was evaluated every day he existed. Christie stated the last test he took was Tuesday early morning which it was negative. He said he was going to take another test Friday.
” I feel great. I don’t feel any symptoms at this time,” Christie added.
Trump revealed early Friday that he and very first woman Melania Trump had actually tested favorable for the infection. The statement came hours after it was made public than senior White Home adviser Hope Hicks had evaluated favorable for the virus.
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I want to thank all who have actually called and texted in the last few hours to check on my health. I feel great and have no signs. I was last evaluated for COVID on Tuesday (it was neg) and was checked today. No results until tomorrow. I will let you know the results from here.
— Guv Christie (@GovChristie) October 2, 2020
Christie said he did not notice any signs in Trump, Hicks “or anybody else I interacted with at the White House.”
CNN reported a minimum of a few of Trump’s debate preparation happened around a table in the White Home Map Room. According to The Associated Press, Trump’s prep team included Christie, Hicks, former New york city Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former White House therapist Kellyanne Conway, campaign interactions strategist Jason Miller, White House chief of personnel Mark Meadows, senior adviser and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and communications director Alyssa Farah.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests everyone use a mask if they are around individuals who aren’t part of their household. The CDC suggests people use face coverings, even if they do not feel sick, because many individuals infected with COVID-19 do not experience symptoms however are still capable of spreading the infection.
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The president has actually seldom worn a mask in public. He has actually occasionally backed their usage, however also has honestly questioned their efficiency and has buffooned Democratic challenger Joe Biden, who regularly uses a mask, for using them.
” I don’t wear masks like him,” Trump said of Biden throughout the debate. “Every time you see him, he’s got a mask. He could be speaking 200- feet away from — and he appears with the most significant mask I have actually ever seen.”
At Tuesday’s argument, Trump said he thought “masks are OKAY.” After producing a mask from his coat pocket, he said, “I put a mask on when I believe I need it. Tonight, as an example, everybody had a test and you had social distancing and all the important things that you have to.”
Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, who hosted the argument, stated the guidelines required everyone addressing wear a mask, other than for Trump, Biden and himself. Wallace stated Friday members of the Trump household flouted those guidelines Though they wore masks when they got in the debate hall, they took them off after being seated.
He stated a safety workers member from the Cleveland Clinic came near the family when they were seated and provided them masks in case they didn’t have them “and they were waved away.”
” And people in the hall noticed that they weren’t wearing masks and everyone else in the hall was wearing a mask,” Wallace stated. ” When the dispute ended, Mrs. Trump came by, walked past me, she was not using a mask. Mrs. Biden walked past me to her other half and she was wearing a mask. So there was a difference in the method the 2 households and their camps dealt with the health security regulations inside the hall.”
Contributing: Joey Fort and Ledyard King
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