“I couldn’t stay in a hotel,” the Florida congressman said after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for the virus.
Ironically, Gaetz learned that he had been exposed to the coronavirus just days after he mocked concerns about the outbreak byand then found out that an infected man from his district had died.
On Tuesday, the congressman insisted to the News Journal that the mask “wasn’t making light of the situation.” He added: “I only wish I had worn the gas mask at CPAC.”Rep. Matt Gaetz came in contact with an infected person while attending the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland last month.that he had tested negative for COVID-19 but would remain in quarantine until Thursday afternoon “in an abundance of caution.
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