Florida sheriffs who had attended a conference this week with a COVID-19-infected colleague met Friday afternoon with President Trump.
just hours before more than a dozen other sheriffs stood with Trump on the Tampa International Airport tarmac.
Trump spoke around 4 p.m. after exiting Air Force One and vowed to support the sheriffs amid calls for police reform in the aftermath of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police. Manatee County Sheriff Rick Wells was at the Tampa event Friday but was"socially distanced from all the others and wearing a mask while attending meetings there today," according to a spokesman. Wells had been"rapid tested for COVID," with negative results,"which cleared him to be with the president," the spokesman said.
“Since this was a smaller business meeting, it was shortened, and attendance was reduced by 75%,” Schimpf said in a text.Chitwood, who was not in Tampa on Friday, told the Daytona Beach News-Journal that at the Bonita Springs conference he had interacted with four or five people on the dais and left the event after giving his speech.
”Trace back measures have been conducted and individuals who were in close contact with Secretary Inch and Deputy Secretary Dixon in recent days have been informed of their positive status. These individuals have been encouraged to take proper precautions and undergo testing,” the release said.Schimpf said Friday's campaign event was not associated with the Florida Sheriff's Association.
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