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Tanuki

(16,021 posts)
3. Yes.
Wed Sep 20, 2023, 06:32 PM
Sep 2023

I guess the main problem was relying on an "honor system" when dealing with Trump.

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/trump-biden-campaigns-responsible-testing-ahead-1st-debate/story?id=73397960L

"...There was an honor system when it came to the people that came into the hall from the two campaigns," Chris Wallace, the Fox News host who moderated the debate, said Friday on air.

All attendees were required to obtain a negative COVID-19 PCR test on the hospital campus within 72 hours of the debate to gain admission. Masks were required, and the crowd was limited to 300 people.
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Several members of the president's family, along with White House and Trump campaign staff, were seen without masks in Cleveland ahead of the debate, and some took off their masks while seated watching the debate, violating protocol."...(more)

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