Secret Service agents preparing for Pence Arizona trip contracted coronavirus

[RandySF]

Vice President Pence’s trip to Arizona this week had to be postponed by a day after several Secret Service agents who helped organize the visit either tested positive for the coronavirus or were showing symptoms of being infected.

Pence was scheduled to go to Phoenix on Tuesday but went on Wednesday instead so that healthy agents could be deployed for his visit, according to two senior administration officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private details of the trip.

Arizona has seen a spike in cases in recent weeks, and Pence scaled back the trip before the delay because of the growing amount of infections in the state.

Pence’s staff was concerned last weekend about their ability to hold planned public events in Tucson and Yuma due to the outbreak, one administration official said, and decided on Saturday to visit only Phoenix for a much smaller meeting — a public health briefing with Gov. Doug Ducey (R) and local health care leaders.

On Monday night, the Secret Service urged Pence’s staff to delay the Tuesday trip until Wednesday because at least one agent on the ground had a confirmed case of covid-19 and other agents and federal officers preparing for the Arizona visit were showing signs of illness, according to two administration officials.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-agents-preparing-for-pence-arizona-trip-contracted-coronavirus/2020/07/02/8029280c-bc97-11ea-bdaf-a129f921026f_story.html

[StarfishSaver]

1. The lack of consideration for their staffs and security detail shouldn't surprise me, but it does

These are the most craven and cruel people.

[bottomofthehill]

2. They could care less about the agents protecting them

or the staff that are put in harms way They are all just pawns to them, easy to sacrifice.

[soothsayer]

3. They must have infected or quarantined more than 100 now

[Zambero]

4. Tulsa went so well, after all

Secret Service and advance Trumper staffers took a big COVID hit there. Now that the consequences of STUPID are recognized, why not do more of the same stuff? Delay this latest public event in Arizona by one whole day, and BINGO, nothing on earth will ever go wrong. Just send the sick guys home and bring in some fresh healthy agents. Hey it's a JOB!