Pres Trump Urges Seniors to Shield Themselves From Covid; Senate to vote on ‘skinny’ COVID-19 relief bill and PPP funds, and other C-Virus Updates
At indoor Florida event, Trump urges seniors to shield themselves from Covid:
The president added that he perhaps would have remained indoors to avoid possible infection, were it not for the office he held.
President Donald Trump on Friday vowed to shield America’s senior citizens from the coronavirus and directed them to stay home amid the pandemic, addressing a crowd of elderly supporters at an indoor event where mask-wearing was sporadic and not mandated.
“Stay. If you feel good, if you feel safe — because it’s going to be gone — stay where you are,” Trump said in his speech in Fort Myers, Fla. “Don’t leave. Don’t say, ‘Oh gee, I have to get out. The president said, let’s get out.’ Stay where you are.”
Trump insisted he was “working as hard as I can” so older Americans “can kiss and hug your children and grandchildren very soon,” telling his audience: “That’s something I missed also. I will be honest with you.”
The president added that he, too, perhaps would have remained indoors to avoid possible infection, were it not for the office he held. “I might do that if I weren’t in this position. Maybe I’d be doing it, myself,” he said.
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Senate to vote on ‘skinny’ COVID-19 relief bill and PPP funds:
The U.S. Senate will vote on Wednesday on a $300 billion Senate Republican coronavirus relief bill that is far below the estimated $2 trillion that Democrats have demanded.
The bill, dubbed a “skinny” relief bill for its pared-down funding, was already rejected here by Democrats in September and is again expected to fail.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement Saturday that the vote would follow a standalone vote on additional Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds on Tuesday.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke for an hour and 15 minutes Saturday evening and their staff “will continue discussions, and they have agreed to speak again on Monday,” Treasury spokeswoman Monica Crowley said on Twitter. —>READ MORE HERE
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