Rep. Louie Gohmert told his staff he tested positive for coronavirus in person
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) knowingly put his colleagues in danger after testing positive for COVID-19.
The far-right congressmember and coronavirus skeptic has publicly refused to wear a mask even when talking to Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday. And after testing positive for the virus Wednesday, he then went to the Rayburn House office building and told his staff about his diagnosis in person, Politico reports.
No one is apparently thrilled with Gohmert right now, least of all Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), who wished Gohmert a "speedy recovery" and then reminded House members, once again, to wear masks. Nadler called out several House members for forgoing them during Tuesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing with Barr, whom a maskless Gohmert had just talked to.
Politico's Jake Sherman wasn't exactly happy about the lack of testing happening in Congress either. Both House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) have opposed getting rapid tests for legislators despite urging from two Republican senators.
We have two people here who are in the line of succession to the presidency: Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Grassley.
People are tested if they’re in the president’s presence.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) July 29, 2020
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