Coronavirus Special Report: Will protests spike rates of COVID-19?

By Jason Dick and Evan Campbell

Posted June 2, 2020 at 6:25pm

Tonight, we examine how protests across the country might bring about a spike in coronavirus infections. Then, we discuss why two senators have held up the Paycheck Protection Program bill.

Show Notes:

Protests may add COVID-19 cases and compound racial disparities
Senate panel provides preview for next COVID-19 relief bill
As COVID-19 spurs cashless purchases, Congress mulls a limit
House may return early to consider policing overhaul
Homeland Security grossly understated family separations, watchdog says

Grounded in Colorado ahead of birth, Pettersen is still fighting for proxy change

Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens, here arriving at the Capitol in July, leads the New Democrat Coalition Action Fund. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

For Haley Stevens, the road to the House majority runs through the ‘New Dems’

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s pick to be secretary of Health and Human Services, makes his way to a meeting with Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Dirksen Building on Jan. 8.

HHS pauses communications through Feb. 1, memo says

Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., left, is seen near the House chamber door as rioters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote on Jan. 6, 2021.

Law enforcement groups criticize Trump pardons for Jan. 6

Democratic Reps. Don Davis, left, and Jared Golden, here in the Cannon House Office Building tunnel in April 2024, represent districts won by Donald Trump. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Democrats who won in Trump districts brace for two years in the spotlight

Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., pressed for passage of the immigration bill in the Senate.

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