President and First Lady Test Positive for COVID-19
It came with this announcement from President Trump at nearly 1 a.m. eastern: Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER! (Twitter). His quarantine could run into the October 15 debate (WSJ). Memo from the president’s physician (Twitter). From Guy Benson: Once the Hicks test was positive & the president didn’t mention his own negative test in his tweet about her case, this was my suspicion. Hoping for a mild case and a speedy recovery for POTUS, the First Lady & anyone else affected (Twitter). Already, some are using this to try to delay the Barrett confirmation (Twitter). The anti-Trump Carl Bernstein said “we are now in the midst of a national security crisis” (Twitter). And some on the left are already gloating. From Linda Sarsour: Seems like someone don’t wanna go back to the debate stage (Twitter). From George Conway: He failed to protect the country. He couldn’t even protect himself (Twitter). Others on the left are handling it with class (Twitter). From Piers Morgan: Interesting to see those who’ve spent the last few years screaming that Trump’s an uncaring, heartless empathy-devoid b*stard now spewing their gleeful joy that he & his wife have a deadly virus. They’re no better than the man they loathe (Twitter). From Michael Medved: Whatever our attitudes toward the leadership of @realDonaldTrump,there should be no gloating or snickering over his illness. Every decent American prays for his complete recovery. Our politics is already abnormal, twisted, frightening; the president’s illness makes it even worse (Twitter).