NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Sen. Marsha Blackburn said she will get tested for COVID-19 after flying to the presidential debate with President Donald Trump earlier this week.
Blackburn made the remarks during the Faith and Freedom Coalition's policy conference on Friday morning. Emma N. Hurt, a reporter for WABE News, the NPR station in Atlanta, tweeted video of Blackburn addressing the crowd remotely.
.@MarshaBlackburn was exposed to @realDonaldTrump on Tuesday and is speaking to the crowd via Zoom, from another room at the conference. #gapol pic.twitter.com/xS0VmgsN8i
— Emma N. Hurt (@Emma_Hurt) October 2, 2020
In it, Blackburn acknowledges that she flew to the debate with the president, but was “socially distanced, wearing a mask [and] not in close proximity.”
Blackburn said she will be tested “out of an abundance of caution.”
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told reporters Friday morning that the president was in "good spirits" and was feeling energetic following his diagnosis.
It's unclear how Trump contracted the virus, but several White House officials and Republican lawmakers have all tested positive in recent days. Adviser Hope Hicks, Sen. Mike Lee and the first lady have all tested positive in the last 24 hours.
