US President Donald Trump's former communications director Hope Hicks (r) has been ordered not to hand over documents to a House committee investigating the president (AFP Photo/Mandel NGAN)
White House aide Hope Hicks has tested positive for COVID-19 after traveling with President Donald Trump, according to multiple reports on Tuesday.
Hicks traveled aboard Air Force One with President Donald Trump to Minnesota and Ohio this week.
The news was first reported by Bloomberg's Jennifer Jacobs and was confirmed by New York Times correspondent Maggie Haberman.
"Some people close to Hicks were told that she is experiencing symptoms of the disease," Bloomberg reported.
Here's some of what people were saying about the reports:
Close Trump aide Hope Hicks traveled aboard Air Force One Tuesday. Here she is deplaning in Cleveland, without a ma… https://t.co/JnwWYUySwy— Monica Alba (@Monica Alba) 1601597711.0
White House works to limit COVID-19 exposure “to the greatest extent possible” both on complex and when the preside… https://t.co/ctyS07HmeJ— Jennifer Jacobs (@Jennifer Jacobs) 1601597938.0
Tuesday: Hope Hicks not wearing a mask ahead of the presidential debate. @JenniferJJacobs reports she has tested po… https://t.co/7aaMdNd8Fm— Kathryn Watson (@Kathryn Watson) 1601597793.0
Holy Crap! "We've had no problems with our rallies!" - Donald Trump https://t.co/ZRR5PT6uAB— Tea Pain (@Tea Pain) 1601598224.0
Here in this video posted by Dan Scavino on Saturday night from a Trump rally in Pennsylvania, is Hope Hicks, not w… https://t.co/LqxP6Sgc3u— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@Edward-Isaac Dovere) 1601597742.0
Hope Hicks leaving her White House job and then coming back only to contract coronavirus is some kinda something. https://t.co/86MhQBYWwW— The Hoarse Whisperer (@The Hoarse Whisperer) 1601597978.0
No mask for Hope Hicks getting on Marine One yesterday https://t.co/sqdALCMZf2— Jeff Landset (@Jeff Landset) 1601598333.0
Hope Hicks has coronavirus and has spent all week with Trump. https://t.co/nFv4gnRXZm— Adam Parkhomenko (@Adam Parkhomenko) 1601599023.0
Since Trump was exposed to Hope Hicks who tested positive for COVID, is he going to cancel rallies/events to self-i… https://t.co/y9WJb7oAhy— Josh Jordan (@Josh Jordan) 1601598563.0
Hope Hicks has tested positive for the virus she helped Donald Trump spread.— Tommy Campbell (@Tommy Campbell) 1601599102.0
Donald Trump and everyone else who has been in close proximity to Hope Hicks should now quarantine.— David M. Perry (@David M. Perry) 1601598615.0
Hope Hicks was maskless next to the president for much of the day, apparently https://t.co/v4iW6pQ12r— Josie Ensor (@Josie Ensor) 1601598482.0
Few in the WhiteHouse are closer to President Trump than Hope Hicks, a top aide who has tested positive for coronav… https://t.co/fFLiA3hv33— Kaitlan Collins (@Kaitlan Collins) 1601599248.0
Hope Hicks has tested positive for coronavirus. In a normal world, any responsible leader would stop holding ralli… https://t.co/lz30M8vgxc— Keith Boykin (@Keith Boykin) 1601599466.0
