Seen around the White House: top Trump aide Stephen Miller in a mask and fellow big shot Jared Kushner declining a visitor’s handshake.
“We don’t do that anymore,” he said.
President Trump, a famous germophobe, has been shunning handshakes since the virus outbreak, and he did so in public last week when he got off Marine One. Instead, he patted greeter Air Force Col. Donald Schmidt on the back as the two laughed. …
- The expanding Washington PR and polling shop CRC Advisors continues to staff up despite the coronavirus shutdown. It has plucked two communicators from the Trump administration, Adam Kennedy from the White House and Mike Martin from the National Security Council. And it also added former 20-year Fox News veteran Brian Doherty. …
- There’s a new warning for companies reopening as virus rules ease. Washington-based ROKK Solutions shared its “Back-To-Normal Barometer” survey, showing that about a third of returning employees would sue their bosses if they caught the coronavirus at work, even those who sign a liability waiver. …
- Meanwhile, Miller’s bride of three months, Katie Miller, returned to work as Vice President Mike Pence‘s communications director after a bout with COVID-19. She came back after testing positive three times, but her tweet on it buried the lede. “I couldn’t have done it without my amazing husband who took great care of his pregnant wife,” she wrote. She is due right after Election Day. …
Back at work today after three NEGATIVE COVID tests. Thank you to all my amazing doctors and everyone who reached out with support. I couldn’t have done it without my amazing husband who took great care of his pregnant wife. #TransitionToGreatness
— Katie Miller (@VPPressSec) May 26, 2020
