Trump Has COVID megathread (update 10/24: 2 Pence staffers test positive)

[xavier110]

Oh my god

[xavier110]

So, anyone know if Barr has been tested?

Nyt lists him as a negative but I wouldn’t be surprised if he tests positive after a few more days. I still fear about Biden because of the incubation period.

The floodgates will really open by Sunday/Monday. We know this spreaaaad

[xavier110]

It was obviously a misspeak.  The doctor couldn’t even remember what day of the week it was.

Is he a Simpsons character? Like, WTF?

We truly live in a Veep episode.

[xavier110]

Confirmed: The anonymous source is Mark Meadows:

https://twitter.com/RyanLizza/status/1312459031429013505

Redban (with SirWoodbury's recommendation):

Presumably from the same sources as the above Tweet. Even if it's more salacious to talk about this as a life-death situation, I think the more pertinent conversation to have right now is how long Trump will be out of commission as President and as a candidate.

https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/1312426033451278336

Anonymous sources to the rescue again!!!

AP: Well, their identity got leaked, so yeah, the source is literally the White House Chief of Staff.

Redban (& SirWoodbury):

why would the chief of staff ask to go off the record?

why not make his statements publicly?


Did his chief of staff really walk over to the press and say that Trump wasn't doing well, immediately after the doc just reported something totally different?

OR

Did reporters get information hours before, but they all agreed to wait until after the doctor's conference before sharing that info, to give false image of chaos and contradictions?
 

I see that you’ve been blissfully unaware of how this regime has operated for four years. Very cute.

[xavier110]

I believe off the record means you can't report what you're told. It's basically an FYI. On background means you can report it, but not reveal the identity of the source.

Both parties have to agree to off the record, also. You can’t say something and go “what I said was off the record.” A lot of people don’t understand journalism.

[xavier110]

https://twitter.com/AnaCabrera/status/1312510524672806915

You don’t just check into the hospital “ as a precautionary measure.”

I’m sure as an extremely overweight man, he is facing chest pains or some other serious symptom that drove him to check in.

[xavier110]

After going to the hospital with COVID and getting pumped full of drugs for those in serious condition, Trump sounds like a New Age hippie talking about some Kabbala retreat they did one weekend. Jesus.

He's going to be back in the hospital before the end of the week, and it is going to be hilarious.

They have medical care in the WH. Likely he'll just be supervised there for another week and deny it.

[xavier110]

"it's just a flesh wound"

[xavier110]

https://twitter.com/ErinBanco/status/1313196654351265799?s=20

AKA he met none and demanded to go back to the WH like the 74-year-old man baby he is.