GOP Chair Tested For COVID-19 After Experiencing Flu-Like Symptoms

Ronna McDaniel, chair of the Republican National Committee, speaks during a session at CPAC 2019 on February 28, 2019 in National Harbor, Maryland. (Photo by Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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The chairwoman of the Republican Party was tested for COVID-19 Friday night after experience flu-like symptoms, a party spokesperson said.

GOP Chair Ronna McDaniel went to her local hospital after “experiencing a fever and flu like symptoms,” Michael Ahrens, the GOP’s communications director, said in a statement.

When tests for the seasonal flu and strep throat came back negative, McDaniel’s doctor determined a COVID-19 test was necessary.

“As she awaits the results, out of an abundance of caution, we are contacting everyone the Chairwoman remembers coming into contact with in recent days,” Ahrens’ statement read. “Upon the advice of doctors, she and her family are self-quarantining at their home.”

President Donald Trump also said Saturday that he’d been tested for COVID-19 Friday night. Trump has come into contact with multiple people who’ve either subsequently tested positive for COVID-19 or otherwise have self-quarantined as a precaution.

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  1. Not a “new hoax” anymore!

    Update:
    Trump Covid-19 test results = Negative

    Joseph Fair, a virologist and epidemiologist said “typically test like this takes around two hours completely,” “And I would think if the president was tested, it would be a two-hour turn around on the assay.”

    Trump took the test last night, why did it take more than two hours for the test of a POTUS to turn around?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phesvlMLre4
  2. Its almost as if they didn’t take it seriously and thus spread it among themselves.

  3. “As she awaits the results, out of an abundance of caution, we are contacting everyone the Chairwoman remembers coming into contact with in recent days.”

    “I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millionaires’ of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.”

  4. The Rs nationwide are generally not taking this seriously. Because their cult leader and Fox told them not to. The red hats are the vectors and to be avoided whenever you see them.

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