Rep. Salud Carbajal tested positive for the coronavirus after interacting w/ Sen. Mike Lee

[MelissaB]

Rep. Salud Carbajal announced today that he tested positive for the coronavirus and said it came after he interacted indoors with Sen. Mike Lee, who revealed he had Covid-19 hours after President Donald Trump said he was diagnosed with the disease

Link to tweet

California congressman says he got coronavirus after Sen. Mike Lee interaction

OAKLAND — Rep. Salud Carbajal announced Tuesday he tested positive for the coronavirus and said it came after he interacted indoors with Sen. Mike Lee, who revealed he had Covid-19 hours after President Donald Trump said he was diagnosed with the disease.

Carbajal, a Central Coast Democrat, said in a statement that he began to experience "mild symptoms" and subsequently tested positive after being exposed to someone with the virus.

His office later told POLITICO that Carbajal had interacted indoors in Washington with Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), who announced his positive diagnosis Friday — hours after Trump's Covid-19 announcement. Since then, Lee's appearance at a Rose Garden event to formally announce the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett has been widely scrutinized, including video footage of Lee hugging attendees without a mask.

Asked about Carbajal's account, Lee's office said the senator did not interact with Carbajal in-person after he tested positive. The two lawmakers live in the same building.

More: https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/10/06/california-congressman-says-he-got-coronavirus-after-sen-mike-lee-interaction-1321724

[CozyMystery]

1. I wish him the very best. He's a Democrat and didn't deserve this. nt

[marybourg]

2. That's what happens when you "interact"

with a reptilublican.

[SunSeeker]

3. Fucking Republican superspreaders are causing so much damage.

I pray Carabajal recovers quickly and fully.

[LisaL]

4. They are going to mass gatherings without masks, then spreading covid around.

Is it too much to ask that they spread it to their own kind?

[Generic Brad]

7. They are forcing herd immunity on us

And they don’t care how many people die as a result. The death of someone they know is sad. The death of hundreds of thousands is a statistic.

[Salviati]

5. Democrats should just take it as assumed that all republicans are sick, diseased individuals...

... and that they have COVID 19 as well.

[RockRaven]

6. Lee was sitting immediately behind Pence in the Rose Garden. Harris should demand more than

12 feet and plexiglass. How about 1200 feet and separate buildings?

I hope she calls him out about his fucking LIES about not being in close contact with infected people and how IMMORAL it is to lie about such a thing.

[Hekate]

8. DAMN! I used to know Salud when I lived in Santa Barbara! He's a wonderful guy...

Send a good vibe for him, people. He’s one of our own.

[Ferrets are Cool]

9. Hyperbole warning: Repugs are rabid dogs. Get too close and you will pay a price.

Ok, not much hyperbole there IMO. Our reps need to stay FAR away from these super spreaders.