The Rose Garden Experiment

[struggle4progress]

Caitlin Flanagan

... No one else has invited a Supreme Court nominee, her husband, and six of their seven children to the White House and nearly killed them.

One after another, people who were present at the ceremony have announced that they’ve got it. It’s like a roll call of the damned. Kellyanne Conway: present. Kayleigh McEnany: present. Mike Lee: present. In the court of the mad king, a positive test, and a presumed recovery, is perhaps essential for every courtier who wants to be in the inner circle. When you hear of someone at the top who doesn’t have it, you have to wonder about their commitment to the operation. I thought Stephen Miller was going to commit Seppuku but Tuesday he was able to confirm he has it, too. And it’s fine to have a little laugh at their expense—COVID-19 is political, and to many conservatives, including presumably those infected at the White House, getting the bug is nothing to worry about.

The Rose Garden event may come to be regarded as the most unscientific, and unethical, experiment in the world. If all of these people bounce back, maybe COVID-19 isn’t such a big deal. If several of them don’t fare well, then the liberal inclination to take it more seriously is justified. Either way, it would be an experiment of zero statistical value, but this event has captured the attention of the nation, and these outcomes will count for more than they should—more, for some, than the evidence of 210,000 dead.

But the Rose Garden wasn’t the only place where people were infected. During four days of debate prep (the worst debate prep in history, but that’s another matter), Chris Christie got it. Will the man ever learn? When has his relationship with Trump ever brought him anything but misery? Some people are drawn to bullies. They have a need to endlessly repeat the suffering of their childhood, always hoping for a different outcome ...

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/rose-garden-experiment/616652/

[SheltieLover]

1. K&R!

[NJCher]

2. USA Today is identifying all attendees

see this: [link: https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2020/10/07/likely-rose-garden-covid-superspreader-white-house-drew-hundreds/3636925001/|

[Ms. Toad]

4. I want to know how many of them were also at the indoor event that followed. n/t

[dalton99a]

8. List:

We think we've identified the following people. The names in bold indicate those who have tested positive for coronavirus since the White House event. Seated on the left:

1. Kate Todd, White House lawyer

2. Rebecca Cipollone, Pat Cipollone's wife

3. Pat Cipollone, White House counsel

4. Mark Meadows, White House chief of staff

5. William Barr, U.S. attorney general

6. Tiffany Trump, president's daughter

7. Karen Pence, second lady

8. Mike Pence, vice president

9. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb.

10. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.

11. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho

12. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C.

13. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo.

14. Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb.

15. Sharon Lee, wife of Sen. Mike Lee

16. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah

23. Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La.

24. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga.

31. Alyssa Farah, White House communications director

32. Kayleigh McEnany, White House press secretary

33. Michael Farris, president and CEO, Alliance Defending Freedom

41. Robert O'Brien, national security adviser

44. Kay Coles James, President, Heritage Foundation

46. O. Carter Snead, Notre Dame professor of law

48. Maureen Blum, president, SCI

53. Ed Whelan, president, Ethics and Public Policy Center

54. Jenna Ellis, Senior legal adviser for the president's campaign

56. Maureen Ferguson, senior fellow for Catholic Association

57. Michael Ferguson, former House member from New Jersey

65. Jeffrey Wall, solicitor general

75. Nicole Stelle Garnett, Notre Dame law professor

84. Mercedes Schlapp, Senior adviser for Trump-Pence Campaign

85. Matt Schlapp, lobbyist and chair of the American Conservative Union

86. Tom Fitton, president, Judicial Watch


And, seated on the right:

First Lady Melania Trump

102. Jesse Barrett, husband of Amy Coney Barrett

107. The Barrett babysitter

108. Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president

109. Patricia Scalia, wife of Eugene Scalia

110. Eugene Scalia, Labor secretary, son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

111. Maureen Scalia, widow of the late Justice Antonin Scalia

112. Father Paul Scalia, another son of the Scalias

113. Alex Azar, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary

114. Jeffrey Rosen, deputy U.S. attorney general

115. Laura Ingraham, FOX News host

118. C. Boyden Gray, Washington, D.C., attorney and former diplomat

119. G Marcus Cole, Notre Dame dean and law professor

120. The Rev. John Jenkins, president of Notre Dame University

121. Franklin Graham, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

122. Cissie Lynch, member of the president's Faith Advisory Council

123. Paula White-Cain, White House Faith and Opportunity initiative and pastor

124. Jenny Hegseth, Pete Hegseth's wife

125. Pete Hegseth, "FOX & Friends" weekend co-host

126. Greg Laurie, pastor and evangelist, Southern California

127. Jack Graham, pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church, Texas

128. Harry Jackson, president, Harry Jackson Ministries

129. Andrew Brunson, pastor and author

130. Robert Morris, founding pastor, Gateway Church, Dallas

131. Jentezen Franklin, senior pastor, Free Chapel, Georgia

132. Jerry Prevo, acting president, Liberty University

133. Skip Heitzig, senior Pastor of Calvary Church, Albuquerque

134. Paolo Carozza, Notre Dame law school

135. Tony Perkins, president, Family Research Council

136. Corey Lewandowski, lobbyist

137. David Bossie, president and chairman, Citizens United

138. Chris Christie, former New Jersey governor

140. Ramiro Pena, senior pastor, Christ the King Church, Texas

141. Jenny Beth Martin, Tea Party Patriots

142. Ralph Reed, chairman, Faith and Freedom Coalition

143. Gary Marx, president, Madison Strategies

145. Cleta Mitchell, Foley & Lardner LLP, Washington, D.C.

146. Heather Higgins, Independent Woman's Voice chair

154. Kristan Hawkins, Students for Life president

159. Gary Bauer, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom member

164. Carol Tobias, National Right to Life president

168. Marjorie Dannenfelser, Susan B. Anthony List president

170. Penny Nance, Concerned Women for America, CEO

183. Jeanne Mancini, March for Life president

184. Carrie Severino, Judicial Crisis Network president

191. Chad Gilmartin, principal assistant press secretary

192. Karoline Leavitt, assistant press secretary

[pfitz59]

12. The world would be a much better place

If you know what I mean

[dalton99a]

13. +1

[smirkymonkey]

14. Exactly!

[moonscape]

10. Tiffany was the only spawn

at the outdoor event?

[lunatica]

11. Here's another version

Link to tweet

[underpants]

3. Christie indeed. Why does he keep going back? Hope Hicks too

Kayleigh - you joined THIS operation?

[LizBeth]

5. Trumps medical bills were how high? What do you mean nothing to worry about? I don't have an option

in obtaining that kind of debt.

[crickets]

6. Ouch. WH should have helped with contact tracing after all.

Maybe they all should have worn masks. Tch.

[musette_sf]

7. The Masque Of The Rose Death

[dalton99a]

9. Kick