CBS WH Reporter Claims He ‘Felt Safer’ Reporting in North Korea After McEnany Tests Positive For COVID-19

It was reported earlier that White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany has tested positive for the Coronavirus and McEnany confirmed it on Twitter.

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— Kayleigh McEnany (@PressSec) October 5, 2020

CBS News White House Correspondent Ben Tracy, upon hearing the news, first retweeted his fellow CBS News White House Correspondent Weijia Jiang who had retweeted Jim Acosta lamenting that “She was not wearing a mask during a gaggle with reporters yesterday.”

Jiang said, “We have asked WH officials countless times why they don’t wear masks, and they always tell us it’s because they tested negative that day. But that doesn’t mean you don’t have COVID-19, and that doesn’t mean you aren’t contagious. Case/Point.”

We have asked WH officials countless times why they don’t wear masks, and they always tell us it’s because they tested negative that day.

But that doesn’t mean you don’t have COVID-19, and that doesn’t mean you aren’t contagious.

Case/Point. https://t.co/diEoUaoCzn

— Weijia Jiang (@weijia) October 5, 2020

Tracy then issued his own tweet echoing Acosta’s words that “McEnany talked to reporters yesterday without a mask on and now she has tested positive for the virus.”

McEnany talked to reporters yesterday without a mask on and now she has tested positive for the virus https://t.co/oTe4juVCkn

— Ben Tracy (@benstracy) October 5, 2020

He then tweeted out that he “felt safer reporting in North Korea than I currently do reporting at The White House.” He added, “This is just crazy.”

I felt safer reporting in North Korea than I currently do reporting at The White House. This is just crazy.

— Ben Tracy (@benstracy) October 5, 2020

Delaware Republican Senate candidate Lauren Witzke retweeted the tweet and asked “Anyone want to send him a one-way ticket?”

Anyone want to send him a one-way ticket? https://t.co/TZvuuNQiU3

— Lauren Witzke (@LaurenWitzkeDE) October 5, 2020

Trump supporter Kambree replied to Tracy by saying, “Trust me, the public would gladly like to see you guys leave the White House. Overdramatic, professional pitch fitters. You can leave. No one will cry.”

Trust me, the public would gladly like to see you guys leave the White House.

Overdramatic, professional pitch fitters. You can leave. No one will cry.

— Kambree (@KamVTV) October 5, 2020

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un said in a news release from the state-run outlet KCNA after President Trump and Melania tested postive that he “sincerely hoped that they would be recovered as soon as possible. He hoped they will surely overcome it. He sent warm greetings to them.”