Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) announced Tuesday that he’s tested positive for the coronavirus, making him the third House Democrat to test positive since last week’s storm on the Capitol.
Schneider said he was put in a room with other lawmakers for several hours, some of which weren’t wearing a mask, and refused to take one when they were passed around. Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA) told Business Insider she was locked down in a room, with 300 to 400 people and viewed it as a coronavirus super spreader event.
“About half of the people in the room are not wearing masks,” Wild said. “Even though they’ve been offered surgical masks, they refuse to wear them.”
Wild added many of the people refusing masks were Republicans, especially those that were recently elected. Schneider backed up Wild’s claims
“After narrowly escaping a violent mob incited by the president of the United States to attack the Capitol and its occupants, I was forced to spend several hours in a secure but confined location with dozens of other members of Congress,” Schneider said in a statement.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, also…
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