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applegrove

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Sun Nov 15, 2020, 01:55 AM Nov 2020

Minnesota GOP sent virus alert only to its side of the aisle

Minnesota GOP sent virus alert only to its side of the aisle

Star Tribune

 https://m.startribune.com/memo-warned-that-minnesota-senators-staff-had-covid-19/573072342/?clmob=y&c=n   

By STAFF REPORTS

November 14, 2020 - 2:40 PM

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A day after it was revealed that GOP state Sen. Dave Senjem tested positive for COVID-19 after attending a Nov. 5 party caucus, news broke that Republican senators and staffers were informed in a Tuesday memo that “a number of [GOP Senate] members and staff have been diagnosed with COVID-19.”

DFLers were not informed of the rash of cases on the other side of the aisle.

In the memo, Craig Sondag, the Senate Republican chief of staff, declined to reveal the names of the infected, citing a balance between the infected people’s right to privacy and the need of their contacts to know they had been exposed. He instructed all GOP Senate staffers to work from home, including during Thursday’s special session.

The memo, the authenticity of which was confirmed to the Star Tribune by Senate spokeswoman Rachel Aplikowski, was first reported by Minnesota Public Radio. MPR also reported that Sen. Paul T. Anderson, R-Plymouth, has tested positive for COVID-19.

The news that GOP senators and staffers were warned that COVID was spreading in their ranks but DFLers were not was met with distress late Friday.

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Minnesota GOP sent virus alert only to its side of the aisle (Original Post) applegrove Nov 2020 OP
This is how tin pot dictators do politics. Sickos. applegrove Nov 2020 #1
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