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Pence's press secretary tests positive for coronavirus
- published: 08 May 2020
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Pence\'s press secretary tests positive for coronavirus The news comes the day after it became public that a White House aide to Trump also tested positive. By Jacob Soboroff, Hans Nichols, Peter Alexander, Lauren Egan and Dareh Gregorian WASHINGTON — One of Vice President Mike Pence\'s closest aides, press secretary Katie Miller, confirmed to NBC News that she has tested positive for the coronavirus — making her the second administration staffer known to have become infected this week. Miller, the wife of top Trump adviser Stephen Miller, said she tested positive on Friday after testing negative on Thursday. She said she\'s asymptomatic. President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday that Miller had tested negative recently. \"She\'s a wonderful young woman, Katie,\" Trump said during a meeting with Republican lawmakers at the White House. \"She tested very good for a long period of time, and then all of a sudden today she tested positive. She hasn\'t come into contact with me, spent some time with the vice president. So she tested positive out of the blue.\" A White House official told NBC News that Miller had been at the White House in the morning before testing positive. The official also said she was showing “symptoms.” Pence\'s flight to Des Moines was delayed by roughly an hour Friday morning after the test results came in, although the staffer who tested positive was not expected to travel with the vice president. Members of the vice president\'s staff who had been in contact with Miller were seen deplaning Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews, an admini...
Pence's press secretary tests positive for coronavirus
- published: 08 May 2020
- views: 8
Pence\'s press secretary tests positive for coronavirus The news comes the day after it became public that a White House aide to Trump also tested positive. By Jacob Soboroff, Hans Nichols, Peter Alexander, Lauren Egan and Dareh Gregorian WASHINGTON — One of Vice President Mike Pence\'s closest aides, press secretary Katie Miller, confirmed to NBC News that she has tested positive for the coronavirus — making her the second administration staffer known to have become infected this week. Miller, the wife of top Trump adviser Stephen Miller, said she tested positive on Friday after testing negative on Thursday. She said she\'s asymptomatic. President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday that Miller had tested negative recently. \"She\'s a wonderful young woman, Katie,\" Trump said during a meeting with Republican lawmakers at the White House. \"She tested very good for a long period of time, and then all of a sudden today she tested positive. She hasn\'t come into contact with me, spent some time with the vice president. So she tested positive out of the blue.\" A White House official told NBC News that Miller had been at the White House in the morning before testing positive. The official also said she was showing “symptoms.” Pence\'s flight to Des Moines was delayed by roughly an hour Friday morning after the test results came in, although the staffer who tested positive was not expected to travel with the vice president. Members of the vice president\'s staff who had been in contact with Miller were seen deplaning Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews, an admini...
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