{"id":1431773,"date":"2022-04-11T19:30:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T23:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1431773"},"modified":"2022-04-11T19:30:13","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T23:30:13","slug":"white-house-defends-emotional-kamala-harris-removing-mask-indoors-despite-close-contact-with-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-defends-emotional-kamala-harris-removing-mask-indoors-despite-close-contact-with-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Defends &#039;Emotional&#039; Kamala Harris Removing Mask Indoors Despite Close Contact with Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-defends-emotional-kamala-harris-removing-mask-indoors-despite-close-contact-with-coronavirus%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1431773&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The White House defended Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday after she was caught not wearing a mask indoors with newly confirmed Supreme Court justice nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki defended Harris after she was spotted in a White House video not wearing a mask indoors after she had been in \u201cclose contact\u201d with a staffer who tested positive for the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yesterday, we witnessed a truly historic moment. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bHVifYyXyw\">pic.twitter.com\/bHVifYyXyw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 President Biden (@POTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1512829572152283143?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt was an emotional day, it was a historic day, and there were moments she was not wearing a mask inside in including in a photo,\u201d Psaki admitted, but defended Harris for wearing a mask indoors \u201c99.9 percent of the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the vice president\u2019s office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/04\/06\/statement-by-press-secretary-to-the-vice-president-kirsten-allen\/\">announced<\/a> that Harris\u2019 communications director Jamal Simmons tested positive for coronavirus and said the Vice President was deemed to be in \u201cclose contact\u201d with him.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The statement promised Harris would continue to \u201cfollow CDC guidance\u201d but continue with her public schedule.<\/p>\n<p>People who have been in close contact with the virus are advised to socially distance themselves from others and wear a mask.<\/p>\n<p>But Harris appeared publicly with Jackson, despite her contact with the virus.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Psaki reassured reporters that Harris wore a mask when she was indoors with the newly confirmed Supreme Court Justice, even though she did not wear one during an outdoor ceremony celebrating her confirmation vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOutside, you can benefit significantly being outside, that\u2019s why we had the event outside today,\u201d Psaki said to reporters when asked about the vice president\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n<p>She used the same argument to defend Harris\u2019 decision to hug Jackson, despite her contact with the virus.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20619092\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/04\/Kamala-Harris-With-No-Mask.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson embrace at an event celebrating her confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 08, 2022. (Jim Watson\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cShe had an emotional moment, which is understandable,\u201d Psaki said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House defended Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday after she was caught not wearing a mask indoors with newly confirmed Supreme Court justice nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. 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