Melania Trump won’t be at tonight’s MAGA rally in Pennsylvania because she’s still got a cough from her bout with COVID and has decided to remain at the White House:
CNN – Melania Trump is canceling her first campaign appearance in months because she is not feeling well as she continues to recover from Covid-19.
She had been set to join President Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania on Tuesday night, but she has decided not to go.
“Mrs. Trump continues to feel better every day following her recovery from Covid-19, but with a lingering cough, and out of an abundance of caution, she will not be traveling today,” said Stephanie Grisham, the first lady’s chief of staff.
It would have been the first lady’s first in-person appearance at a campaign event, outside of August’s Republican National Convention speech at the White House, in more than a year, when she joined the President last June at the official reelection kick-off rally in Florida.
Trump in an essay earlier last week said her symptoms of Covid-19, “hit me all at once and it seemed to be a roller coaster.” She described having body aches, a cough, headaches and feeling extreme fatigue.
The first lady was not expected to give solo remarks at Tuesday’s Pennsylvania event nor does she have any upcoming appearances or travel related to the campaign on her calendar for the foreseeable future, a source familiar with Trump’s schedule told CNN.
Travel restrictions due to coronavirus throughout the last several months, and her own bout with Covid-19, hindered Trump’s work schedule, Grisham told CNN. However, the President, vice president and other members of the Trump family have hit the campaign trail.
I was looking forward to seeing Melania on the campaign trail tonight, but I’m sure she’s making the right decision to stay home.
The rally is scheduled for 7PM tonight in Erie, PA and we’ll have a live stream up later tonight.
Also, I should mention that Trump is doing a town hall tomorrow night (recording it today) with Sinclair, so if you have a Sinclair station in your neck of the woods, it comes on at 8:00 PM and runs for an hour. We’ll post a live stream of that if we can find one, but don’t get your hopes up.