I stand before you today to fulfill one of my highest and most important duties under

the United States Constitution, the nomination of a Supreme Court Justice.

That evening in the Rose Garden, two Saturdays ago, some 200 people came to celebrate President

Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court.

Thank you very much, Mr. President.

I am deeply honored by the confidence that you have placed in me.

We've all seen the pictures, people sitting very close together, not many of them wearing

masks.

Now that ceremony and the indoor reception afterwards is being called, quote, a super spreader event.

At least 10 people who were there that day, including the President, have tested positive

for the coronavirus.

And while we can't be sure where any of them got infected, the news was a bombshell.

We learned literally within the last five minutes the President has indeed tested positive

for COVID-19 along with the first lady.

The Internet exploded with conspiracy theories, armchair diagnoses and political chess.

I'm tremendously, and this is into America.

Today we're trying to make some sense of it all.

With my colleague, Brandy Zadrazni, she's an investigative reporter for NBC News who spends

her days sorting through the chaos of the Internet, flagging fact versus fiction, and lately

she's been really busy.

I started by asking her what was her reaction when she first heard that the President had

tested positive for COVID-19.

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