White House ‘special assistant’ Andrew Giuliani tests positive for COVID-19 after dad’s presser

Daily Kos Staff

Friday November 20, 2020 · 8:59 AM PST

2020/11/20 · 08:59

[Cropped} "The Other Guys" New York Premiere - Inside Arrivals

NEW YORK - AUGUST 02: Andrew Giuliani attend the New York premiere of "The Other Guys" at the Ziegfeld Theatre on August 2, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images) — Andrew Giuliani is that guy.

Yesterday America was threatened for almost two hours by Rudolph Giuliani and two other QAnon-conspiracy-addled folks at a press conference of sorts. It was well covered here. Some of the bullet points were that according to Rudolph and Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Hugo Chavez reached out from the grave and with the help of the white supremacist boogieman George Soros, stole the election. It’s important to understand that no matter how ridiculous these people are, they are still in a position of power for at least a few more weeks, and their intention is to overthrow our government and install an illegitimate ruler.

Then, this morning, unrelated (maybe), Rudy’s son Andrew Giuliani tweeted this bit of info out: “This morning, I tested positive for COVID-19. I am experiencing mild symptoms, and am following all appropriate protocols, including being in quarantine and conducting contact tracing.” For those of you who didn’t know Rudy had a son in politics, he does. Or, eh, he sort of does? Andrew’s Twitter bio reads: “Currently serving the American public as Special Assistant to President Donald J. Trump until January 20, 2025.” I’ll let you stop laughing at that clever joke. Apple. Tree. It begs the question: When was the last time Andrew and Rudolph hung out?

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Giuliani has two children from his second marriage—Caroline and Andrew—and a step daughter from his third marriage. Keep up! Caroline has been very public in her emotional and political estrangement from her ambitiously monstrous father, while Andrew seems to be cut from the same cloth that Donald Trump was cut from. Sort of big, plays a lot of golf, needs cushy jobs from powerful people to get by.

According to an Atlantic article, Andrew silently began working for the Trump White House in 2017, making around $90,000 a year, working in the “public liaisons” section of the swamp. His area of focus is reportedly as a “sports” outreach fellow. Getting teams to come to the White House to eat Chick-Fil-A, I guess? By many accounts, Andrew is a gregarious guy, and reportedly loves to talk and talk and talk. This is a great trait in many respects, especially for a “liaison” officer. But it is also a recipe for spreading COVID-19, especially in a White House that has been hard-pressed to even pretend to follow basic social distancing and mask-wearing guidelines.

The responses to Giuliani’s announcement were very strong and … consistent.

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— Curtis (@cushse64) November 20, 2020

And a reminder about how dangerous a place the White House is these days.

White House is ground zero for covid super spreaders.
— Just me (@reluctantzealot) November 20, 2020

And an instant classic.

thoughts and prayers pic.twitter.com/PXPZgTxJk5
— 🗽SCjeanie @🏠 (@SCLilJeanie) November 20, 2020

And a great point about snakes and eating tails.

Can't be...it's a media Hoax
— 🐾Liberal Puppy🐾 (@liberalpuppy) November 20, 2020

Friday, Nov 20, 2020 · 6:39:41 PM +00:00 · Walter Einenkel

The New York Times reports that Andrew was in attendance at the bizarre Rudy Giuliani press conference held on Thursday.

White House ‘special assistant’ Andrew Giuliani tests positive for COVID-19 after dad’s presser

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