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Jayapal Tests Positive for COVID-19 Following Lockdown at Capitol With Republican Lawmakers Who Cruelly and Selfishly Refused to Wear Masks - Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal

WASHINGTON — United States Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) received a positive COVID-19 test result tonight after being locked down in a secured room at the U.S Capitol where numerous...
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal @RepJayapal - Tue Jan 12

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. jayapal.house.gov/2021/01/11/cov…

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Rep. Pramila Jayapal @RepJayapal - Tue Jan 12

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.

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Rep. Pramila Jayapal @RepJayapal - Tue Jan 12

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.

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Diana Ricketts @dinerlee - Tue Jan 12

@RepJayapal Expel them: Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Oklahoma Rep. Markwayne Mullin, Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs, Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry, Texas Rep. Michael Cloud and California Rep. Doug LaMalfa. cnn.com/2021/01/09/pol…

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Steffanie Strathdee, PhD 🗡️ 🦠Superbug Slayer🗡️ @chngin_the_wrld - Tue Jan 12

@RepJayapal Thinking of you & hoping for a speedy recovery. I'm so sorry you had to go thru this in the line of duty.

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Matthew Cortland, Esq 🖋️ @mattbc - Tue Jan 12

There are no words - none twitter.com/RepJayapal/sta…

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel - Tue Jan 12

starting to run out of ways to express my outrage twitter.com/repjayapal/sta…

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Darcy Burner @DarcyBurner - Tue Jan 12

At what point does the willful refusal to wear masks in an enclosed space with other people amount to an assault? Because it seems like that line was crossed during the lockdown. twitter.com/repjayapal/sta…

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Dr Vyom Sharma @drvyom - Tue Jan 12

This would seem too far-fetched as a scene in a movie. I don’t think I’ll forget this for quite some time. twitter.com/RepJayapal/sta…

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Kim Sue @DrKimSue - Tue Jan 12

To have your health and life threatened in so many ways as the Capitol was stormed and now with COVID infection. Masks are so critical to help reduce transmission + spread to most vulnerable. The pandemic is raging, worst ever, NOT a game. Masks and ppl should not be mocked twitter.com/RepJayapal/sta…

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Dr. Angela Rasmussen @angie_rasmussen - Tue Jan 12

This my representative. When her colleagues refused to take basic steps to safeguard others during a terrorist attack, it threatens my representation & that of my neighbors in WA-07. I wish @RepJayapal a speedy recovery. I wish those who endangered her are removed from office. twitter.com/repjayapal/sta…

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Benjy Renton @bhrenton - Tue Jan 12

Major update to our Congressional Covid-19 tracker: Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) has tested positive after being in the evacuation room on Wednesday with maskless Republicans. There were over 100 people in the room, 2 of whom have now tested positive. jayapal.house.gov/2021/01/11/cov…

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Carl T. Bergstrom @CT_Bergstrom - Tue Jan 12

My elected representative has contracted COVID, presumably while congress was under siege on Wednesday. This didn't need to happen. It required years of lies and failures and selfishness to get to this point. twitter.com/bhrenton/statu…

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Carl T. Bergstrom @CT_Bergstrom - Tue Jan 12

If I ever again complain that I have to work with some....er....difficult personalities, remind me of this. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/p… pic.twitter.com/aUUFT2wm5A

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Eli Perencevich, MD MS🧼 😷 @eliowa - Tue Jan 12

Just don’t understand wanting to harm your colleagues by refusing to wear a mask. Same thing is happening in Des Moines this week. Offering prayers for all who get sick twitter.com/bhrenton/statu…

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