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Rep. Louie Gohmert, a Texas Republican who has frequently refused to wear a mask, has tested positive for coronavirus.


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The news reverberated across Capitol Hill last Wednesday, prompting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to announce new rules requiring masks on the House floor. Gohmert had been scheduled to fly aboard Air Force One lastWednesday with U.S. President Donald Trump to Midland, Texas. Gohmert tested positive for coronavirus last Wednesday morning during a pre-flight screening at the White House, a person familiar with the situation told CNN.

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A senior Republican aide told CNN the test results caused issues on the Hill where "a lot of staffers" were ordered to get tests before they can go to meetings and resume activity. Some are sequestering in their offices until they can get tested.

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Gohmert released a video statement on Twitter saying he was asymptomatic. Several lawmakers said they planned to self-quarantine in reaction to Gohmert's condition.


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Gohmert told CNN in June that he didn't wear a mask because he had been tested and he didn't yet have the virus. "But if I get it, you'll never see me without a mask," he said.

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Gohmert suggested he may have contracted coronavirus by incorrectly wearing his mask.

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"I can't help but wonder if by keeping a mask on and keeping it in place, that if I might have put some germs or some of the virus onto the mask and breathed it in," Gohmert said. "I can't help but think that if I hadn't been wearing a mask so much in the last 10 days or so, I really wonder if I would have gotten it," Gohmert added. "You know, moving the mask around, getting it just right, we're bound to put some virus on the mask that I sucked in. That's most likely what happened."

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that anyone testing positive for the virus should completely avoid people, if at all possible, for 10 days if they have no symptoms and otherwise until their symptoms have been gone for at least 24 hours. Gohmert, who has no symptoms, said he will isolate for 10 days in accordance with those guidelines.

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