"Will you shut up, man?" US Politics October 2020

fwiw this was the first thing I saw when I woke up, from Sept. 18th:

Trump’s October surprise will be the announcement of “his infection.” Fake, but quite dramatic. This twist will blow Biden off the screens, the “Trump COVID watch” dominating every minute of every day. Then, 14 days later, Trump will emerge, 100% cured by hydroxychloroquine.

— JohnCammo (@JohnCammo) September 18, 2020

Apparently, if Trump were to withdraw or die before the election, the RNC would vote on a replacement candidate: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/02/were-final-stages-presidential-election-what-happens-if-candidate-withdraws-or-dies/

Welcome, President Romney

Lol how will Biden get any votes without the "stop the fascist" coalition?

Oooh, can they get Ryan to be the nominee? I'd pay to see that debate again.

Harris tested negative yesterday as part of routine testing, according to NPR.

fwiw this was the first thing I saw when I woke up, from Sept. 18th:

🐦[Trump’s October surprise will be the announcement of “his infection.” Fake, but quite dramatic. This twist will blow Biden off the screens, the “Trump COVID watch” dominating every minute of every day. Then, 14 days later, Trump will emerge, 100% cured by hydroxychloroquine.
— JohnCammo (@JohnCammo) September 18, 2020🕸]🐦

fwiw this was the first thing I saw when I woke up, from Sept. 18th:

🐦[Trump’s October surprise will be the announcement of “his infection.” Fake, but quite dramatic. This twist will blow Biden off the screens, the “Trump COVID watch” dominating every minute of every day. Then, 14 days later, Trump will emerge, 100% cured by hydroxychloroquine.
— JohnCammo (@JohnCammo) September 18, 2020🕸]🐦

CONFIRMED: There was no contact from the Trump campaign or the White House to alert the Biden campaign of possible exposure. The campaign learned of the situation from the news reports, a Biden campaign aide tells me.

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) October 2, 2020

well, yeah

these motherfuckers

I find the fact biden hasn’t announced a test result yet a little ominous tbh

am I correct that as per Democracy Now this morning, no journalists who came into contact have been tested?

Was there any goddamn reason the two of them had to be anywhere near one another on that goddamn debate stage?

oh, you all thought the Rogan debate was a bad idea, but just think, ALL THREE of them could have been on their deathbeds as we speak!

I bet Rogan could have brought some supplements that would have prevented this

Rogan's 53 and fit in his own bulky kind of way, he'd be fine.

suddenly, an alex jones appears

just got the latest Q drop btw: Trump infected himself so he can go after Epstein in hell.

I find the fact biden hasn’t announced a test result yet a little ominous tbh

― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, October 2, 2020 10:00 AM

i do, too. harris and pence already confirmed negative.

Makes you think....

Does anyone else find it odd that no prominent Democrats have had the virus but the list of Republicans goes on and on?

— DeAnna Lorraine 🇺🇸 (@DeAnna4Congress) October 2, 2020

sad lol

speculation about how the transmission to/from the president and the timing

I'm puzzled about the timing here. It's not clear to me that both POTUS and FLOTUS would be testing positive 48 hours after exposure.

Prior exposure? Others infected? https://t.co/xKDnzII8YJ pic.twitter.com/91nARNWuXb

— Carl T. Bergstrom (@CT_Bergstrom) October 2, 2020

somehow every day i increasingly look forward to his death

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, October 1, 2020 2:57 PM

Coming clearly into the foreground now...

the president has a cough and a mild fever, WH reports.

Lots of assumptions happening around when and where they were infected. There probably have been many different opportunities.

yeah, why are we speculating?

Trump clearly sees getting ill as a weakness, he mocked Hillary relentlessly for it in 2016, and getting sick means he can't do the thing he loves most, which is hold rallies and get his voting base killed

I think the "conspiracy" here is this - they absolutely knew about this as early as Wednesday night, had news of Hope's diagnosis not leaked out yesterday they would've kept this under wraps

which is fucking stupid, obviously someone close to him would've contracted it and shown symptoms but we all know they are that fucking stupid and selfish

the fact they didn’t tell biden is insane to me.

What if only Melania dies and everyone votes for Trump out of compassion for the bereaved.

idk seems perfectly in character to me xp

gee would be unfortunate if Melania's last public statement was "fuck the kids and fuck Christmas"

_I find the fact biden hasn’t announced a test result yet a little ominous tbh

― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, October 2, 2020 10:00 AM_

i do, too. harris and pence already confirmed negative.

Bernie still has a chance.

lol

Isn't Biden always on a train? Like the plot of Snowpiercer?

Refreshing honesty from 538 today

https://i.imgur.com/pJ8xbg2.png

There is timing, there is good luck, and then there's flat out total sorcery:

Omfg @alexgibneyfilm does it again.

pic.twitter.com/7vvW5iqb2W

— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) October 2, 2020

Mike Lee has tested positive for COVID after meeting (maskless) with SCOTUS nominee Judge Barrett earlier this week. https://t.co/lJBQ9O4FmT

— Addy Baird (@addysbaird) October 2, 2020

but she has reportedly tested negative.

Typhoid Barrett

"We need you to get approved by this committee, so make sure none of them die." "Okay!"

What if only Melania dies and everyone votes for Trump out of compassion for the bereaved.

If she was the one who got the 'rona bad it'd be amusing to watch Trump publicly try and pretend he gives the slightest shit about whether his missus lives or dies.

This is a double blow to Melania, since Christmas came early.

— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) October 2, 2020

god I love Ken

haaaaaaaaaaaa

NEWS: @mikememoli reports Biden has tested NEGATIVE.

— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) October 2, 2020

btw everyone keep in mind that you can test negative for a while and then be positive a week later, in fact this has happened on several professional sports teams already

Yeah it's a matter of follow-ups and precautions. I suspect the campaign was already going to be even more vigilant anyway.

There's your subtweet

I’m happy to report that Jill and I have tested negative for COVID. Thank you to everyone for your messages of concern. I hope this serves as a reminder: wear a mask, keep social distance, and wash your hands.

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 2, 2020

That last sentence. Nice.