Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert has an outsized reputation for flouting coronavirus mask-wearing guidance. Now, he has tested positive for coronavirus. | Analysis by LaurenDezenski
While at the US Capitol, he has spent ample time on the House floor not wearing a mask, often talking with aides and lawmakers at length while not maintaining an appropriate social distance, as CNN's Manu Raju and Clare Foran wrote last month.At the time he explained that he didn't wear a mask because he had been tested and didn't have the virus:"But if I get it, you'll never see me without a mask," Gohmert said.Now, he has tested positive for coronavirus. .
In each episode of his weekly YouTube show, Chris Cillizza will delve a little deeper into the surreal world of politics. Click to subscribe! Gohmert, who said he is asymptomatic, says that now he"will be religiously wearing a mask" if it is possible that he will come into contact with anyone else, and plans to isolate for the next 10 days in accordance with US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.Read MoreBut Gohmert didn't leave it there -- instead, he suggested he might have contracted the virus because of the mask.
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