NEW: The White House supplied New Jersey officials with the names of at least 206 individuals who attended President Trump's events in Bedminster, Thursday, PIO for Somerset County Nathan Rudy tells @CBSNews. [1/2]
The NJ Department of Health reached out to these individuals to make them aware of possible exposure. Contact tracing is ongoing.
Somerset County Health Department officials are interviewing club staff members to assess their risk levels & provide health recommendations.[2/2]
MORE: New Jersey officials have been informed that the federal government is also conducting contact tracing in connection with President Trump's fundraiser in Bedminster, NJ, Thursday. @CBSNews
Somerset County Health Department says the majority of the Trump club staff reside in Somerset County.
They advise attendees in "close contact" with those testing positive to quarantine 14 days. Those seeking a test should consider waiting at least 5-7 days from the event.
NEW: @CBSNews has learned only about 60 of the 206 guests who attended President Trump's fundraiser at Bedminster, NJ on Thursday were tested for the COVID-19 prior to the event.
Those who attended just the outdoor reception only were temperature checked.
I've been calling undecided Americans who voted for Trump in 2016 to ask about last night's debate.
“Any predisposition I had in my soul to vote for Donald Trump again has been distinguished by last night,” Lori Jo Peters of Manheim, PA told me.
[THREAD] 👇
“I still don’t know that I can fully throw my support behind Joe Biden," Peters said.
She’s looking for “stability” during the VP debate next week, but is not getting her hopes up. “I have been annoyed by politics before, amused even. Now, I’m pissed. And I don't use bad words."
Diane Brainard of Eagle River, WI felt both candidates behaved “childishly” and said she’d hoped to hear more about voting integrity ahead of November’s election.
“The constant interrupting was very distracting," she told me.
SWANTON, OH — Supporters already lined up outside, 8 hours before President Trump’s airport hangar rally tonight.
Buses are dropping off people by the dozens.
Terry from Detroit, MI wears his homemade “fill the seat” sweatshirt to President Trump’s rally in Ohio today.
“My daughter made this for me yesterday,” he says.
Several QAnon groups outside President Trump’s rally in Swanton, OH.
Julia from Detroit, MI says she’s voting for the first time in 2020. The cancer survivor says she discovered both QAnon and Trump while recovering in the hospital.
Trump campaign manager @BillStepien & senior advisor @JasonMillerinDC both keep whiteboards at campaign HQ, outlining priorities.
According to Miller, Bill Stepien's whiteboard reads "budget" at the top.
His whiteboard reads "radical left" & "force [Biden] out of the basement."
The Trump campaign is betting on "holding onto" Florida and says they "believe we are safe" in Arizona and North Carolina.
"Joe Biden has to shut us out and go 4 for 4 in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania,” @JasonMillerinDC told reporters on a call today.
Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien repeatedly stated today that President Trump's re-election bid is "on offense," with "all-in" efforts to pick up Minnesota.
But the Trump campaign has reserved future ad buys in seemingly safe states, too—$18 million Ohio & $6 million in Iowa.
Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien says this is President Trump’s path to 270:
🔹Defend the 2016 map
🔹Win either Pennsylvania, Wisconsin or Michigan. “Not two of three. Not three of three. Just one of three.”
🔹Adds they will try to flip Maine, New Hampshire & Minnesota
Following this logic, it’s worth noting (as @Bidar411 often does) that winning Wisconsin but losing Pennsylvania & Michigan doesn’t quite put the president over that 270 electoral vote hump.
NEW: The president’s re-election campaign will launch two non-stop bus tours, Monday, carrying Trump family members, campaign advisors & local leaders across political battleground states for 85 days leading up to the election.
MORE: The president’s son, Eric Trump will kick off the “Team Trump on Tour” bus, Monday, in Kissimmee, FL. His wife, campaign senior advisor Lara Trump will re-launch the “Women for Trump” bus tour from Salfordville, PA on its longest trip to date. cbsnews.com/news/trump-cam…
READ: 24 states and D.C. have issued quarantine guidelines for inter-state travel, with many mandating 14 days of isolation following travel from hotspots. Ahead of its bus tour, the Trump campaign says they'll “adhere to state & local safety guidelines." cbsnews.com/news/trump-cam…