Wacko and Wonker: Hour After Landing on Air Force One, Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) Announces He's Under Self-Quarantine for Virus, After Mocking Coronavirus as "Hoax" by Wearing Gas Mask in Congress
March 10th 2020
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By Walter Einenkel
You might remember Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz for wearing a gas mask to vote on coronavirus emergency funding last week. It turns out he should have been wearing it at CPAC (and honestly, everyone should wear a gas mask at CPAC considering how much sulfur must be in the air there) a couple of weeks ago—where numerous Republican officials seem to have come in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. Just a short while ago, Rep. Gaetz’s staff tweeted out that the Florida Man himself was being asked to quarantine himself because of contact with the aforementioned CPAC individual.
Subsequently, the harsh reality of how interconnected some of the most vile people on the planet are, these images, showing Rep. Gaetz less than an hour earlier exiting Air Force One after apparently meeting with the white supremacist in chief, came out.
Now, I’m not hoping anyone gets sick, and according to Gaetz’s public statement he has shown no signs of symptoms, but—depending on what mood you might be in—the irony or the serendipity or the bad luck or the schadenfreude here is hard not to acknowledge.
So far Sen Ted Cruz (R-TX), Rep Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Rep Doug Collins (R-GA), Rep Matt Gaetz (R-FL), and Rep Julia Brownley (D-CA) are the members of Congress in self-quarantine.
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