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Sloumeau

(2,657 posts)
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 08:16 PM Mar 2020

GOP Rep. Diaz-Balart Positive for COVID-19 [View all]

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[link:https://www.npr.org/2020/03/18/818072254/florida-rep-mario-diaz-balart-becomes-1st-member-of-congress-to-contract-coronav|]

Rep. Diaz-Balart Becomes 1st Member Of Congress To Announce Positive COVID-19 Test

Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart says he has tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the first member of Congress to announce he has contracted the novel coronavirus.

Diaz-Balart, 58, voted on the House floor as recently as early Saturday morning, when lawmakers passed a coronavirus relief package.

Diaz-Balart, a Republican who represents Florida's 25th Congressional District, which includes Miami-Dade County, said in a statement that on Saturday evening he developed symptoms, including a fever and a headache.


Still think it's a hoax, Trump?
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Everybody I talked to on the phone today MontanaMama Mar 2020 #1
It's frightening people are still behaving like this. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #4
I hope we're overreacting. It's a damned sight better than under-reacting. TomSlick Mar 2020 #5
Obviously a democrat plot! Turbineguy Mar 2020 #2
"Still think it's a hoax, Trump?" MyOwnPeace Mar 2020 #3
How appropriate that the first one is a repig. BigDemVoter Mar 2020 #6
+100000000 Celerity Mar 2020 #8
it's Castro's fault!!!! Celerity Mar 2020 #7
Funny. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #9
Why did he get a test bamagal62 Mar 2020 #10
Locking. GP6971 Mar 2020 #11
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