Republican congressmen criticized a Democratic lawmaker for traveling to Washington, D.C., to vote in the House Speaker’s race despite being diagnosed with New Crest Pneumonia, a Chinese Communist virus.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, who was diagnosed with Newcastle pneumonia on Dec. 28, traveled to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 3 to vote in the House speaker’s race, prompting criticism from Republican lawmakers.
According to federal government health guidelines, once a person tests positive for (the CCP virus), he or she needs to be quarantined for at least seven days.
Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan tweeted, “Nancy Pelosi is so power hungry that she even let a Rep. who tested positive for the virus come to Washington to vote for her.”
Republican U.S. Rep. Daniel Webster said, “After months of not seeing Democrats show up in Washington, D.C., when dealing with the budget and bailout issues, it’s suddenly important to fulfill constitutional responsibilities when Pelosi is seeking re-election as speaker of the House… …even if they’ve caught the plague!?”
During the last Congress, Democrat-controlled House members passed legislation allowing proxy voting, but that legislation was nullified on Jan. 3.
In the 2020 election, Democrats currently hold a small lead over Republicans in the House of Representatives, 222 seats to 210, but have lost more than a dozen seats.
Rep. Moore, an infected Democrat, issued a statement saying she was feeling well and that “my quarantine period has ended and it is medically determined that I can travel and work on behalf of Wisconsin’s 4th Congressional District.” According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the end of the seven-day quarantine should have tested negative before the quarantine could be lifted.
Speaking to reporters in Washington, D.C., Moore said, “I didn’t test (after quarantine), no, because I had completed the quarantine period required by the CDC.”
She said, “Brian Monahan, the congressional attending physician, determined that I could return to Washington.”
Monahan said in a statement that the voting site was protected to the greatest extent possible, with plexiglass installed around a portion of the side seats, an area where members of Congress in quarantine could exercise their constitutional duties. He cited federal health guidelines that say people who are required to work and do not exhibit symptoms can ignore the recommended quarantine period while additional protection is provided to protect patients and the community.
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told Fox News on Jan. 2 that Pelosi is terrified of not being re-elected as speaker of the House. He criticized Pelosi for allowing lawmakers infected with the Chinese Communist virus to return to Congress to vote.
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