Trump campaign manager tests positive for Covid-19

[Miles Archer]

Source: Politico

Donald Trump’s campaign manager has tested positive for Covid-19, dealing another blow to his reelection effort on a day that saw the president and the head of the Republican National Committee report contracting the disease as well.

Bill Stepien received his diagnosis Friday evening and was experiencing what one senior campaign official described as “mild flu-like symptoms.” People familiar with the situation said the 42-year-old Stepien plans to quarantine until he recovers.

Deputy Campaign Manager Justin Clark is expected to oversee the Trump team’s Arlington, Va. headquarters while Stepien works remotely, though advisers stressed that he would maintain control of the campaign.

Stepien’s disclosure means the two heads of the president’s political apparatus have now contracted the coronavirus: RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel announced earlier Friday that she, too, is infected. The news comes at a perilous moment for Trump, with polls showing him trailing former Vice President Joe Biden in an array of battleground states and dwindling days to make up the lost ground.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/02/trump-campaign-manager-tests-positive-for-covid-19-425722

[underpants]

1. Oh man.

Hey! You wanna run a national campaign?
Whose?
Uh....never mind (speeds off)

[agingdem]

2. I have to admit I'm sadistically enjoying this

this is like the scene in Wanted when all the bad guys are in a circle and Angelina Jolie fires her gun and the bullet passes through all their heads and then into hers...

[Miles Archer]

3. You take the cards, you build the house, you add the next card, and the house falls down.

There is a point where ignorance and arrogance in the wake of a pandemic comes with a price.

What's unbelievable about this is the death count escalated to 209,764...but NOW it's non-stop front page breaking news because of what's happening in Trump's inner circle.

I'm struggling to recall anything else being discussed on MSNBC in the last 24 hours other than how this is affecting Trump and those close to him.

[agingdem]

8. Trump thought he magically disappeared the 209,764 dead...

it's not God having the last laugh it's the souls of the innocent taking revenge while singing "another one bites the dust"...my dearest friend lost both his elderly parents to Covid in less than 24 hours...he's keeping a running tab

[TomCADem]

15. That is the evil at the heart of it.

Trump tried to make them disappear and pretend that they did not perish under his watch. Indeed, to compound his incompetence, Trump threatened to plunge the country into civil unrest to distract from the tragedy he helped cause. So, he instigates a tragedy to hide one that he helped cause.

[hay rick]

14. Popcorn. Definitely.

[Lonestarblue]

23. I am definitely enjoying this!

We’re seeing people with access to the best health care ignore the rules and get sick. These are people too stupid to run any government, much less one the size of the US government.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Heard Brian Williams mention this

Definitely a suoer-spreader event!

[LudwigPastorius]

5. There's a reason we refer to cultists as "drinking the Kool Aid".

It indicates that A) they are all-in with their God-Idol, to the point of abandoning all reason, and...

B) that their illogical choices usually have very negative consequences for them.

[Miles Archer]

7. Saw a really disturbing video yesterday on Twitter...

...it was from Trump's "TAKE IT, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE" press conference hyping hydroxychloroquine.

But whoever put the video together played the sound of him saying this stuff, and intercut it between Trump and video footage of Jim Jones speaking. The intent was clear, no hidden messages, and yeah...there is a reason why Kool Aid has a prominent role in the Trump administration.

[CaptYossarian]

19. That reference should be updated to "bleach".

Kool-Aid has taken enough crap because of the other murderous cult leader.

[Major Nikon]

6. ...

[greenjar_01]

9. Oh my

[mysteryowl]

10. A hoax, huh?

How will the conspiracy people spin this one?

[FakeNoose]

11. Please don't blame Dr. Fauci for any of this

[tapper]

12. Republican senators...

... can one admit they’d like to see a cluster of senators test positive? Especially among the leadership?

[hay rick]

13. From your keyboard to RBG's ears.

[Sloumeau]

16. Well, since Trump's Campaign Manager Bill Stepien can't be his Campaign Manager right now...

perhaps Trump could get one of his former Campaign Managers to help out...

1) Paul Manafort? No, he's in jail.
2) Corey Lewandowski? No, he assaulted a woman.
3) Kelly Anne Conway? No, she just tested positive for COVID-19
4) Steve Bannon? No, he was arrested and is awaiting trial.
5) Brad Parscale? Now, he allegedly ripped Trump off for $40 million and is currently in the looney bin.

And now, Bill Stepien has tested positive for COVID-19. Hmm, everything Trump touches really does die, or at least has really bad things happen to them.

[CaptYossarian]

20. Jared Kushner.

I believe Michael referred to him as "the Secretary of everything".

[chriscan64]

17. President, party chair and campaign manager - the big 3.

All out of commission. They are running out of people to say the virus is no big deal.

[Maxheader]

18. Is that the republitards big plan?

Disconnect all utilities, water, electric...Disappear till 11 , 3..?

People quickly forget ...

[BlueWavePsych]

21. And the Hits Just Keep on Comin'

[warmfeet]

22. Oh well,

it is what it is. Am I enjoying this? Why yes, yes I am.