The White Home said Monday that Vice President Kamala Harris received a test for the Chinese coronavirus after meeting Texas Democrats last week who later on checked positive for it.
“First I would state I think the vice president’s workplace put out that she was evaluated. Which there is no detection of Covid-19 [Chinese coronavirus],” White Home press secretary Jen Psaki informed press reporters during the White Home press briefing who inquired about the vice president’s health.
Psaki’s assertion about Harris getting evaluated, nevertheless, contradicted a statement from the Vice President’s office on Saturday that there was “no need” for Harris or her staff to get checked.
The vice president’s office did not react to a request from Breitbart News to confirm that Harris was evaluated for the virus after consulting with Texas Democrats.
Harris met Tuesday with the group of Texas Democrats who got away the state to obstruct Republicans from passing election security laws. 5 of the Texas Democrats who traveled to Washington, D.C., have now evaluated favorable for the infection despite the fact that the group states they were totally vaccinated.
The White Home did not react to numerous requests for remark from Breitbart News about Harris and her health– consisting of whether Harris had actually appeared at any events at the White House or whether the president had actually been evaluated for the virus after appearing with Harris on Friday.
Psaki rejected that the White House had taken preventative measures to separate Harris from President Joe Biden after the event.
“There haven’t been additional preventative measures taken,” she stated.
The White House stays unable to respond to numerous basic questions about the vice president’s health after a senior main told reporters Sunday that Harris went to Walter Reed for what they described as a routine checkup. The White Home disregarded Breitbart News requests for remark about the time and length of her check out to the medical facility.
Psaki defended Harris for traveling to Walter Reed Health center, describing it as a “regular appointment” that had actually been set up “numerous weeks” prior to her meeting with the Texas Democrats. She likewise disregarded a question about whether Texas Democrats must have been more cautious about the infection during their journeys.
Harris has not appeared publicly given that Friday.
The Vice President’s workplace did not launch any day-to-day guidance for the Vice President’s schedule for Monday, even though she was scheduled to consult with the president for the daily brief. The White Home did not react to a concern from Breitbart News about whether the scheduled conference with Biden actually happened Monday.
Harris was also noticeably missing for President Biden’s speech on the economy on Monday early morning despite appearing at an occasion with the president on Friday.
On Friday, Harris likewise appeared with women leaders on voting rights and met German Chancellor Angela Merkel.