Ivanka Trump and her family traveled to the Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey to celebrate Passover despite federal guidelines that advise against nonessential travel and a stay-at-home order.
Asked for comment, a White House official told NBC News on Thursday that the facility that Ivanka and her family went to was closed down and the trip itself no different than if she had been traveling to work.
"Ivanka — with her immediate family — celebrated Passover at a closed down facility considered to be a family home," the official said."Her travel was no different than had she been traveling to/from work and the location was less populated than the surrounding area near her home in D.C. While at Bedminster she has been practicing social distancing and working remotely. Her travel was not commercial. She chose to spend a holiday in private with her family.
Ivanka tweeted on the first night of Passover on April 8, as Jewish self-isolated families around the world conducted seders over video calls, that people were gathering without precedent."The group might be smaller, and the answer to 'why is this night different' might be unusual. But all across the world we shall sing our songs of freedom and together celebrate renewal.Tonight we gather for a Passover without precedent.
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