'Willful denial': Top Republicans follow Trump's lead in ignoring coronavirus wake-up call

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'Willful denial': Top Republicans follow Trump's lead in ignoring coronavirus wake-up call
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While Trump was in the hospital, there were 136,000+ new COVID-19 cases and nearly 1,900 deaths. Yet he emerged from his suite, where he received treatment unavailable to most non-presidents, to assert that national concern over the virus was overblown.

Last week’s news that President Donald J. Trump had tested positive for the novel coronavirus and needed to be hospitalized seemed to represent the ultimate wake up call for the president and his Republican party.

In a Sept. 26 Rose Garden party to celebrate Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to succeed Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court, top GOP figureswith its contact tracing of Washington D.C.’s recent COVID outbreak Despite having been at the Rose Garden event with numerous infected colleagues, McEnany continued to interact with members of the media without a mask before testing positive on Monday. Two members of her office reportedly tested positive, as have multiple White House journalists.

Multiple attendees at the event have said that they were not reached by contact tracers, and the White House has rebuffed the CDC's offer to help them with the efforDr. William Schaffner, a professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, said that the disregard of basic guidelines by members at the highest level of government constituted"willful denial" that they too were beholden to the threat of infection.

Deere also defended the Rose Garden event on Monday night, referring to protesters he said that have"burned down, looted, and rioted" American cities and stating, "It can’t be the case that one group is allowed to assemble but those who support President Trump are not." But Trump's supporters, including Republican members of Congress, have seized on his hospital room battle against the virus as an inspiring showcase of their leader’s invincibility.” against the president, U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler tweeted Monday, along with a video depicting Trump pummeling the virus in a professional wrestling arena.Both senators have also shown disregard for novel coronavirus safety.

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