HOUSE Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for Covid-19 only a day after she visited President Joe Biden in the White House to sign a bill.
Pelosi and several other senators and congress members joined Biden on Wednesday for the signing of the Postal Reform bill.
Pelosi‘s deputy chief of staff, Drew Hammill, said the house speaker is asymptomatic and is fully vaccinated and boosted.
“After testing negative this week, Speaker Pelosi received a positive test result for COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic,” Hammill tweeted.
“The Speaker is fully vaccinated and boosted, and is thankful for the robust protection the vaccine has provided.”
Pelosi’s chief of staff said she will follow CDC guidelines and quarantine.
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A live C-SPAN camera captured the moment members of the press learned of Pelosi’s positive test while waiting for her at her weekly press conference.
“Pelosi tested positive,” a reporter is heard saying.
Another replies: “Are you s****ing me.”
“This is why we wear masks,” responds another reporter.
“Is she in the building?” asked a reporter in the press room.
“Okay, so we don’t need to be here anymore,” another journalist says, “this might be the worst place,” responds someone else.
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