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As Don ails in hospital, aide hits Joe on masks

- BY SHANT SHAHRIGIAN

President Trump is in the hospital for COVID-19, but that didn’t stop one of his top campaign staffers from taking a nasty shot at Democratic presidenti­al candidate Joe Biden over his use of masks.

“With regard to Joe Biden, I think too often he’s used the mask as a prop,” Trump’s senior i campaign adviser Jason Miller said Sunday on ABC’s A “This Week.”

“A mask is very im mportant, but even if f he’s — he could be

20, 2 30 feet away from the nearest person and still have th he mask on,” he continued. “That’s not going to change anything a that’s out there.”

The jaw-dropping comments came as the president was in Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for the t third straight day Sunday. Tru ump’s doctors said the preside nt’s condition had “impro p oved,” but divulged that he had d to be put on oxygen over the weekend and received a ster roid.

“With Joe Biden, I mean, we can’t all just stay in our basement for the rest of our lives,” Miller ranted. “We have to get out there and live our lives and take this on, develop the vaccine, develop more therapeuti­cs, and defeat it.”

Biden (inset) didn’t have any campaign activity scheduled Sunday.

The candidate tested negative for COVID during the week, and one of his advisers said Sunday the campaign isn’t concerned about his health.

“What I want to communicat­e is we are not concerned because we are being safe,” Symone Sanders said on CNN.

“On the debate stage, President Trump mocked Vice President Biden for his wearing of a mask,” she added. “Many folks have mocked our events, our 6-feet circles … those are there to keep folks safe.”

Asked whether the campaign has a plan for if Biden tests positive, Sanders dodged the question, saying the candidate plans to keep following federal guidelines.

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