Rep. Louie Gohmert thinks that it’s possible that wearing a mask gave him COVID. pic.twitter.com/kucy119Pcv— Charlie Gile (@CharlieGileNBC) July 29, 2020
Rep. Louie Gohmert wants to blame the mask because he wasn't comfortable wearing it and kept re-adjusting his with his own dirty hands. So...that would be a personal problem then, wouldn't it? Apparently, he's a bit of a schmoozy so-and-so, so I can only imagine the folks (mostly GOP folks, right?) that he's been having face-to-face chats with, and I dunno, he looks like a frother. Word is that he told his staff he tested positive in person, so he's clearly being not at all careful.
Ol' Louie is a special case, naturally. But it would be reaaallly great if this raised other House members' sense of alarm. Yes, the very contagious disease is very contagious. Take it seriously.
UPDATE: Gohmert isn't the only House member who takes stupid risks with other peoples' health:
-- FROM AN AIDE TO A REPUBLICAN MEMBER WHO HAD COVID: “I’m obviously not allowed to speak on behalf of anyone but it may be worth looking into how many Republican offices are also requiring all staff and interns to come in to work while taking no precautions. Ridiculing people for wearing masks is also not uncommon. I think you’d find a lot of offices in the anti-mask brigade are forcing staff to report to work even if they have legitimate concerns about their health. I’m sure you also [could] find some are having staff … travel to districts in high risk areas and then not providing for quarantine afterwards.
Simply inexcusable. And very, very stupid.
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