Rep. Louie Gohmert tests positive for coronavirus before planning to fly with Trump to Texas
Rep. Louie Gohmert tested positive for coronavirus in advance of his planned travel with President Trump to Texas Wednesday and had to be removed from the trip, according to sources familiar with the situation.
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Spokespeople for Gohmert, 66, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The news was first reported by Politico.
Gohmert, who has been prone not to wear a mask around Capitol Hill, attended the high-profile Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday where Attorney General William Barr testified for hours.
A video posted by a Hill reporter shows Gohmert and Barr, both unmasked on Tuesday walking together at the Capitol.
[If I were Barr I would be very nervous. And he is.]
National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien tested positive for coronavirus this week, becoming the highest-ranking administration member to contract the disease.
Other reps who have contracted the virus include Reps. Mario Diaz Balart, R-Fla., Morgan Griffith, R-Va., Ben McAdams, D-Utah, and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.
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