BREAKING: "The American Conservative Union has learned that one of our CPAC attendees has unfortunately tested positive today for coronavirus."
ACU adds that "this attendee had no interaction with the President or the Vice President and never attended the events in the main hall."
More: "The Trump Administration is aware of the situation, and we will continue regular communication with all appropriate government officials."
Over 19,000 people attended CPAC last year, and 2020 also had a similar crowd.
Just got off the phone with @mschlapp who found out a couple hours ago. He is very calm: "I know the person. I feel bad for him. You don't want any of your friends to ever get sick. But I'm certainly not alarmed."
This isn't a moment to score points, and @mschlapp says that his hope is that "my friend gets better."
He adds, "I hope that everybody stays calm. And if we have any of our friends, who test positive or get sick, we help them, and we'll get through this together as a country."
He adds, "I hope that everybody stays calm. And if we have any of our friends, who test positive or get sick, we help them, and we'll get through this together as a country."
CPAC didn't dawdle. @mschlapp tells me he found out just a couple hours before the statement went out:
"Our statement really does speak for itself. We are just being transparent and I feel bad for my friend but it's important for our attendees to know what happened."
"Our statement really does speak for itself. We are just being transparent and I feel bad for my friend but it's important for our attendees to know what happened."
