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Donald Trump’s drive-by of supporters outside his hospital yesterday sparked criticism that he had endangered the lives of the staff who were in the car with him.
Corey Lewandowski, a former campaign manager for Donald Trump, has been on TV this morning asserting that the staff in Trump’s SUV drive-by yesterday had in fact volunteered for the role. He told Savannah Guthrie:
The President wanted to thank all the supporters who had been standing out there for days supporting him. It’s my understanding, from the information I’ve obtained, that the detail leader of the secret service and the driver both volunteered for that assignment. As you know they have very, very, difficult jobs, but they were not required to do that, they both volunteered. And there was a piece of plexiglass I believe between the President and the two Secret Service agents who are in the vehicle.
“They were not required to do that, they both volunteered and there was a piece of plexiglass between the president and the two secret service agents who were in the vehicle.” – Corey Lewandowski tells @SavannahGuthrie pic.twitter.com/ICGvoFvRNN
For the record, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, has spent 27 minutes so far this morning tweeting out a string of campaign slogans in all capital letters. He is currently in the Walter Reed Army Medical Center having been diagnosed with coronavirus.
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