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Trump Tested Positive Before Debate with Biden

December 1, 2021 at 6:44 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Donald Trump tested positive for Covid-19 three days before his first debate against Joe Biden, the former president’s fourth and last chief of staff has revealed in a new book,” The Guardian reports.

Mark Meadows also writes that though he knew each candidate was required “to test negative for the virus within seventy two hours of the start time … Nothing was going to stop him from going out there.”

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