CNN reports:
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Sunday that the US is “not going to control” the coronavirus pandemic, as cases surge across the country and nearly 225,000 Americans have died from the virus.
“We are not going to control the pandemic. We are going to control the fact that we get vaccines, therapeutics and other mitigation areas,” Meadows told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.”
Pressed by Tapper on why the US isn’t going to get the pandemic under control, Meadows said: “Because it is a contagious virus just like the flu.” He added that the Trump administration is “making efforts to contain it.”
Mark Meadows admits on camera, 9 days before the election that the White House has given up trying to control the virus that has killed more than 220,000 Americans
Vote for Joe Biden https://t.co/4Ad6kQrRT1
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) October 25, 2020
This is unbelievable.
Mark Meadows on @CNNSotu: “We’re not going to control the virus.”
The Trump admin is finally clear about their #covid19 national strategy: capitulation.
— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) October 25, 2020
TAPPER: Pence was a close contact with Marc Short, who has tested positive for coronavirus, yet he’s not quarantining. How is campaigning ‘essential work’? He’s holding rallies that could be spreading the virus.
MARK MEADOWS: “Actually, he’s not just campaigning. He’s working.” pic.twitter.com/UI3G85gZXK
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 25, 2020
Mark Meadows is making very clear on CNN that the White House has given up trying to contain the coronavirus. Their only strategy at this point is praying for a vaccine. pic.twitter.com/ZvPsQA7gDI
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 25, 2020
After several aides, including his chief of staff, tested positive for Covid-19, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows says VP Pence will keep campaigning: “Essential personnel, whether it’s the Vice President of the United States or anyone else, has to continue on” #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/2ZWMmwUHG3
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 25, 2020
Mark Meadows defends holding large Trump rallies during the pandemic and not requiring attendees to wear masks. “We live in a free society,” Mark Meadows says. Then says to @jaketapper he’s not wearing a mask on air. (Jake notes he’s literally the only person in the room)
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 25, 2020
TAPPER: Why don’t you ask people to wear masks at Trump rallies?
MEADOWS: We pass them out
T: They don’t wear them!
M: Well, it’s a free society. You’re not wearing one right now, Jake
T: There’s literally nobody in this room pic.twitter.com/k63rvlMsQZ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 25, 2020
Mark Meadows says Americans should follow CDC guidelines, but in the context of making a case that masks don’t really work. Completely incoherent. pic.twitter.com/mL5JcRhCNZ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 25, 2020