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Rep. Pramila Jayapal blames her COVID diagnosis on GOP colleagues who refused to wear masks during the lockdown
One day after one Congresswoman announced her positive COVID diagnosis following the Capitol insurrection, another is revealing she, too, is positive. Rep. Pramila Jayapal says she received a positive COVID-19 test result after being locked down in a secured room during the siege, where she was forced to share space with Republican colleagues who refused to wear masks.
“I received a positive COVID-19 test result after being locked down in a secured room at the Capitol where several Republicans not only cruelly refused to wear a mask but recklessly mocked colleagues and staff who offered them one,” Rep. Jayapal said in a statement.
I just received a positive COVID-19 test result after being locked down in a secured room at the Capitol where several Republicans not only cruelly refused to wear a mask but recklessly mocked colleagues and staff who offered them one.https://t.co/wVmgroKsdf
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) January 12, 2021
“Dr. Brian Monahan, the Attending Physician of the United States Congress, advised representatives and Congressional staff on Sunday that those in the secured room could have ‘been exposed to another occupant with coronavirus infection,’” the statement continues. “The duration in the room was multiple hours and several Republicans not only cruelly refused to wear a mask but mocked colleagues and staff who offered them one.”
Just yesterday, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman announced that she had tested positive for COVID-19 during a rapid antigen test. She, too, placed the blame on the shoulders of her irresponsible Republican colleagues who blatantly disregarded pandemic safety during the riot lockdown — with no regard for the health and safety of those sheltering along with them.
“I received a positive test for COVID-19, and am home resting at this time,” she said in a statement. “While I am experiencing mild, cold-like symptoms, I remain in good spirits and will continue to work on behalf of my constituents.”
Jayapal took to Twitter to share her belief that any member of Congress who refused to wear a mask should be held accountable for endangering the welfare and lives of innocent people.
Only hours after Trump incited a deadly assault on our Capitol, many Republicans still refused to take the bare minimum COVID-19 precaution and simply wear a damn mask in a crowded room during a pandemic—creating a superspreader event ON TOP of a domestic terrorist attack.
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) January 12, 2021
Any Member who refuses to wear a mask should be fully held accountable for endangering our lives because of their selfish idiocy. I’m calling for every single Member who refuses to wear a mask in the Capitol to be fined and removed from the floor by the Sergeant at Arms.
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) January 12, 2021
While I am isolating per the Capitol Physician’s instructions, I will continue to work to the best of my ability because the deep urgency of our many crises is paramount.
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) January 12, 2021
I share the outrage and anger of those across America who have watched Trump fail to combat this raging pandemic and refuse to take care of Americans who are suffering, dying, and devastated.
I will not rest until I do everything in my power to remove this President from office.
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) January 12, 2021
It’s particularly stunning that even in the midst of a deadly insurrection where terrorists were actively trying to kill members of Congress, Republicans refused to comply with the basic courtesy and CDC guidelines of simply putting on a face mask while isolating indoors with several other people.
Currently, more than 50 lawmakers and 220 workers in Congress have tested positive for the coronavirus or are presumed to have been infected with the coronavirus since last March.
Both Jayapal and Coleman are self-isolating but continuing to work. Coleman, who had taken the first of the required two doses of the coronavirus vaccine, says she is “experiencing mild, cold-like symptoms.”
“This is not a joke,” Jayapal said in her statement, referring to the superspreader event. “Our lives and our livelihoods are at risk, and anyone who refuses to wear a mask should be fully held accountable for endangering our lives because of their selfish idiocy.”
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