Oops, he did it again -Ted Cruz extends self-quarantine

[Leghorn21]

Inbox: Sen. Ted Cruz announces decision to extend self-quarantine until March 17 out of abundance of caution.

"Unfortunately, last night I was informed I had a second interaction with an individual who yesterday tested positive for COVID-19."

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

1. Looks like a positive

[walkingman]

5. The "lying sack of shit" would admit it even if he was - typical Republican.

[Claustrum]

6. Totally agreed.

He tested positive but he won't admit it. I think we will see Trump disappeared for a week soon too.

[Wounded Bear]

2. He apparently doesn't understand the basic parameters of "quarantine"...

[blugbox]

7. Exactly

If he was actually in quarantine, he would not have had interactions with anybody...

[crickets]

8. I noticed that too.

Somebody should explain to Ted that quarantine isn't just staying home but staying away from other people.

[Javaman]

16. he doesn't understand a lot of basic things about life in general. nt

[NewDayOranges]

3. Liberal "HOAX" strikes again!

[Salviati]

4. Honestly, good for him.

He's at least being semi-responsible, unlike the rotting-pumpkin-in-chief, who is still refusing to get tested (or at least claiming so in public) after two close contacts with people known to have tested positive.

Other than apparently not quite being sure about what the definition of "quarantine" is. It's probably best to not try and sound fancy, ironically people often lose precision when they try to use technical terms that they don't fully understand. It would probably convey better what he is trying to say if he had just said "severely cutting back on social contact"

[Wounded Bear]

10. He's probably scared to go back to Congress...

where he'd have to vote on the stimulus, one way or another.

[Salviati]

11. They should modify some of the congressional rules, and allow remote voting

It's absurd that we would require all the members of the legislative body to gather together in person in the middle of a pandemic.

Plus, it would put an end to other various types of nonsense that legislators use to avoid doing their job.

[Javaman]

17. I agree. I think it's more of him just being a general all around jerk. nt

[librechik]

9. RESIGN! nt

[ecstatic]

12. How soon would a test show positive after contracting?

Anybody know? Just wondering why some of these guys aren't getting tested.

[Claustrum]

14. It could be a few hours if it's fast and a day or 2 if long

Remember, on the day that 4 republicans are self-quarantining, I heard at least one of them were tested negative but still self-quarantine. They could, and can, get result quick if they want to.

[Hortensis]

13. A possibility is that he's USING this excuse to distance

himself from the ongoing Republican cluster fuck. He's an extremist whack job, but also capable of being extremely intelligent.

In any case, I suspected that possibility of all those Republican self-quarantiners from the beginning.

[geomon666]

15. I hope he stays in his panic room forever

Piece of shit

[gibraltar72]

18. I'm praying.

[nilram]

19. I'm thankful for even small blessings