A Washington state congresswoman tested positive for the coronavirus after sheltering with several maskless lawmakers as a pro-Trump mob besieged the Capitol last week.
Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal made her diagnosis about COVID public in a statement Monday night and slammed Republican legislators for refusing to don masks inside a secured room during the hours-long lockdown.
“Too many Republicans have refused to take this pandemic and virus seriously, and in doing so, they endanger everyone around them,” Jayapal wrote.
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Jayapal is the second known lawmaker to test positive in the wake of the Capitol riots.
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