White House ripped for refusing social distancing for Trump’s RNC speech: ‘A pandemic except in Trumpworld’
On Thursday, ahead of President Donald Trump’s speech concluding the Republican National Convention, CBS correspondent Mark Knoller posted a photograph revealing the White House was taking no social distancing precautions while arranging the seats for the president’s guests. And NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell confirmed that the White House is also not requiring masks to attend — although officials claim they have brought in experts to ensure that “certain proper protocols” are in place to protect attendees’ health.
Social distancing not in effect for seats set up for Pres Trump’s convention speech tonight on the South Lawn. pic.twitter.com/qTIQJamLAa
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) August 27, 2020
Guests start taking their seats 3 1/2 hours before the 1030pm speech by Pres Trump. His campaign says a leading medical firm was hired to ensure that "certain proper protocols" are in place for the health and safety of GOP convention venues. pic.twitter.com/5fDRMJ62Dp
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) August 27, 2020
This did not convince commenters on social media, who promptly slammed the White House’s arrangement.
It’s a pandemic except in trumpworld where everyone is in denial https://t.co/2qPKdgtVqK
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) August 27, 2020
weird campaign strategy to try to kill your most ardent supporters but ok https://t.co/YOmH2516mQ
— Mask wearing and still pretty distant Tom Tomorrow (@tomtomorrow) August 27, 2020
What’s the worst that could happen, right Herman Cain?
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) August 27, 2020
Cattle call or cattle cull?
— ⚖️ Left Coast is Ridin’ with Biden ✌️🦅 (@MLCzone) August 27, 2020
Good God. The Trump White House proving once again that the rules & the laws do not apply to them. And we’re expected to give these cold, vindictive, corrupt sociopaths our vote?! NO! NOT GOING TO HAPPEN! We’re going to fumigate the WH when he’s gone. They best be packing up NOW!
— Goldensrule (@BDBgoldens3) August 27, 2020
“You said you’d do anything for Trump right? Let’s roll.” pic.twitter.com/iz9eMFMVMW
— Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) August 27, 2020
Treating human beings as though they are props and expendable is sort of his brand. The cruelty the may flow from that to others is just a side benefit to him?
— (((Howard Forman))) (@thehowie) August 27, 2020
The chairs or the guests?
— KB (@sorrykb) August 27, 2020
COVID-19 will be there to give his “autograph”. pic.twitter.com/y0gvxTXpMu
— Time to remove Trump to save Democracy (@scottwalkerwtch) August 27, 2020
Trump announce Seal Team Six took out Covid-19 in a daring nighttime operation
— Troy Blanchard (@TroyBlanchard) August 27, 2020
That’s looks so close to how I view the “New Rose Garden” pic.twitter.com/1TvfOwfWn7
— Mike (@ItalianTexans) August 27, 2020
Trump is desperate to hear people clap, isn’t he? I’ve never seen a guy who needs his ego stroked this much on this level. 🤦🏽♀️
— Wine Lover (@WineLoverSF) August 27, 2020
I dont care which party does this. It is a desecration. It is illegal. It is spitting on what USA stands for. The White House is not a campaign stop. Our taxes are not campaign contributions.
New laws need to make this criminal. Because clearly current law isnt enough for GOP. pic.twitter.com/6lPCWhzv00
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) August 27, 2020
2020 Election
Lindsey Graham announces embattled Sen. Joni Ernst will vote for whomever Trump nominates to replace RBG
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday announced that GOP members of the body would be united in voting for whomever President Donald Trump nominates to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court.
“The nominee’s going to be supported by every Republican in the Judiciary Committee," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said, as reported by The Washington Post's Aaron Blake.
https://twitter.com/AaronBlake/status/1308223330357518336
If Graham is correct, that would mean that Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) would be backing the nomination, despite trailing Democratic challenger Theresa Greenfield.
2020 Election
A Never-Trump Republican changed her mind — then crumbled when she tried to explain why
In a recent op-ed for the Washington Post, Republican Danielle Pletka declared that despite the fact that she refused to vote for Donald Trump in 2016, she now feels compelled to support him in 2020. The piece quickly caught fire online, inspiring ridicule and sympathy from differing corners and triggering a surprising amount of discussion.
In one sense, it’s hard to see what the big deal was. The Post publishes opinion pieces in support of Trump frequently, and this one was not particularly special. Pletka herself is not a particularly notable figure. Like many op-eds, it was sloppy and unpersuasive, making huge leaps of reasoning and glossing over critical points in the argument. It didn’t take seriously any compelling counterarguments. It was, in other words, a mere display of partisan loyalty from a Republican who would prefer to be inside the tent than outside of it.
On Monday, the Philadelphia Inquirer walked through a potential voter error that could cost Joe Biden Pennsylvania — the exclusion of so-called "naked ballots," or mail-in ballots that aren't properly sealed in two layers of envelopes.
"The state Supreme Court in Pennsylvania, a critical battleground state that’s seen as increasingly likely to determine who wins the White House, last week ordered officials to throw out 'naked ballots' — mail ballots that arrive without inner 'secrecy envelopes,'" reported Jonathan Lai. "Pennsylvania uses a two-envelope mail ballot system: A completed ballot goes into a 'secrecy envelope' that has no identifying information, and then into a larger mailing envelope that the voter signs."
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