MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Three members of Congress from Minnesota and a U. S. Senate candidate who flew Air Force One with President Donald Trump in a time before testing positive for coronavirus temporarily took the check Friday, as did other political figures who approached the president. stopover in Minnesota this week.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem also ran into Trump on Wednesday when he attended a fundraiser in the Minneapolis area. Spokesman Ian Fury said Noem “wasn’t close contact” with Trump or anyone else tested positive.
About 40 people attended the fundraiser, Minnesota GOP President Jennifer Carnahan told Minnesota Public Radio News. The $200,000 per couple fundraiser was held at The Extensive Minnetonka Lake Home of Marty Davis, President and CEO of Cambria, which manufactures quartz meters. Davis did not respond to messages from The Associated Press.
“The occasion site was professionally cleaned and disinfected prior to the occasion,” said Republican National Committee spokeswoman Mandi Merritt in an email. “The Medical Unit of the White House and the Secret Service of the United States evaluated all the participants so that they could access the occasion. ” negative for COVID-19 on the day of the occasion, completed a wellness questionnaire and effectively tested the temperature. Each guest at least 6 feet from the president at all times.
U. S. Republican Reps Tom Emmer, Jim Hagedorn and Pete Stauber flew with the president to and from his rally in Duluth on Wednesday night. Hagedorn, who is being treated for kidney cancer, posted a photo of all three on his Facebook page. Friday afternoon that its effects were negative.
Republican Senate nominee Jason Lewis, a former member of Congress, on the welcoming committee at Minneapolis-St. International Airport. Paul arrived Wednesday afternoon, along with Minnesota Senate majority leader Paul Gazelka, his wife Maralee, and House minority leader Kurt Daudt. They also accompanied Trump to Duluth on Air Force One. Everyone kept near Trump on the court as they talked and posed for photos for about five minutes, but didn’t sing their hands, according to Daudt and Lewis.
None of them were dressed in a mask at the time, showed the video of the arrival. All four were tested Tuesday in preparation for Trump and turned out to be negative.
Lewis continued a busy day of virtual occasions on Friday, adding a debate with outgoing US Democratic Senator Tina Smith, who said in an interview that he felt smart and had already been examined four or five times last month because Trump and Vice President Mike Pence had done so. visited Minnesota twice last month.
Lewis said he asked to wait a day or two to re-test, as the virus would possibly not appear without delay due to its incubation period. He said he would be quarantined at least until he regained the effects of his tests, “just to play it safe,” and then probably resumed the election campaign.
Neither Lewis nor the three acting members of Congress attended fundraising. Lewis said they waited in combination in a convention room at Air Force One, “watching matches and catching up” until the short flight to Duluth.
“If I don’t forget correctly, the president came to the door once and said, “Hi guys, how are you?Are you having a good time? Well, let’s go get ’em, a little cheer talk. It couldn’t last more than 30 seconds, ” said Lewis. He added that they were probably 20 feet from Trump in the hallway before the president went down the stairs in Duluth and none of them joined. Trump on stage, even though they remained in a waiting area.
Both Daudt and Gazelka said they would re-test and go to quarantine.
U. S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Democrat and a common goal of triumph, harshly criticized him for what she called “actively spreading a fatal virus. “Omar, who said earlier this year that his father had died of COVID-19, said in a statement that she would not wish it on anyone, but criticized Trump for being unmasked in Minnesota this week, saying he exposed many others in a state where cases were multiplying.
Members of the Davis family, who organized Trump’s fundraiser, have been marketing specialists for decades, starting with butter and becoming cheese and then quartz. Including Marty Davis’ father and siblings, they reached number 149 on Forbes’ list of America’s Richest Families, with an estimated net worth of $1. 7 billion.
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Associated Press editors Amy Forliti in Minneapolis and Tali Arbel in New York contributed to this report.