The Republican National Committee (RNC) is apparently needing donors attending a spring retreat in Florida to have negative COVID-19 tests, despite GOP Governor Ron DeSantis banning “vaccine passports” in the state.
Wealthy donors were sent out an e-mail from the RNC notifying them of the requirement days before they were anticipated to attend an elite occasion including previous President Donald Trump in Palm Beach later this week, according to The Washington Inspector The relocation comes as Republican Politicians nationwide push back on efforts from companies and other entities to need proof of either vaccination or negative COVID-19 test results in the middle of the pandemic.
” Evidence of a negative COVID-19 test outcome is required in order to receive your credentials for the weekend,” the email stated, while specifying that either PCR or quick antigen tests be utilized, according to the paper.
” If you or members in your celebration fail to meet this requirement, you will be rejected entry to the 2021 RNC Spring Retreat,” it continued.
DeSantis released an executive order prohibiting vaccine passports in Florida while pointing out issues about “individual liberty” on Friday, although the order did not ban entities from needing negative COVID-19 test results. Some of the so-called passports, like New York state’s Excelsior Pass, need either proof of vaccination or negative test results in order to go into particular large locations.
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Some airline companies are moving towards requiring the passports, while several nations currently require prospective tourists to present evidence of vaccination or unfavorable test outcomes. A document that is efficiently a vaccine passport, the World Health Organization’s “yellow card,” has actually existed for many years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. At least 17 nations in Africa and South America need tourists to be vaccinated against Yellow Fever in order to gain entry.
Although the RNC is not requiring proof of vaccination for those who attend this year’s retreat, the requirement for negative test results appears to be somewhat at odds with the Republican push against mandates for paperwork concerning COVID-19
A part of the RNC retreat will be held at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, which is also the home of the previous president. The resort was required to partly close down last month after staff members tested positive for COVID-19 Trump contracted the virus last year and recuperated, before both he and previous first lady Melania Trump were immunized in January.
Newsweek reached out to the RNC and the workplace of DeSantis for comment.
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