Congressman Raul Grijalva, a Democrat who was first elected to serve Southern Arizona in Congress in 2002, announced today that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Grijalva, 72, had been in self-quarantine after Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas tested positive earlier this week. He said he felt fine and was showing no symptoms.
Grijalva’s comment:
The Attending Physician of the Capitol informed me that I tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, I will be self-isolating in quarantine at his recommendation. I currently have no symptoms, feel fine, and hope to make a quick and speedy recovery.
While I cannot blame anyone directly for this, this week has shown that there are some Members of Congress who fail to take this crisis seriously. Numerous Republican members routinely strut around the Capitol without a mask to selfishly make a political statement at the expense of their colleagues, staff, and their families. I’m pleased that Speaker Pelosi has mandated the use of masks at the Capitol to keep members and staff safe from those looking to score quick political points. Stopping the spread of a deadly virus should not be a partisan issue.
I urge all of us to recognize the severity of this virus and follow the CDC guidance to keep our family, friends, and loved ones safe. We can all play a part in stopping the spread of COVID-19 in our communities.
This article appears in Jul 30 – Aug 5, 2020.
After being caught embezzling tax dollars to use for hush money this drunken sloth should not even be a representative. Had he honorably stepped down for his corruption and criminal acts he may not have contracted the virus. Karma is a bitch.
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Takes one to know one, Loren.
Amazing how the left always has to blame the right. Could it be all the protests he so proudly marched in caused him to catch the virus? Oh no, because sadly those are ok. So he has to blame the republicans for getting it. I guess when he gets a cold in the fall or the flu, it will be our fault also.
Those on the left can’t ever take charge of anything that goes wrong unless it is for their good. We are so sick of it and sick of him. A crooked Tucsonian who has done nothing for our city. Along with the crooked leftist mayor we have. Time to vote them out. And if they lose that will gladly be our fault!
Yeah, hope he gets to try out a ventilator for the rest of his term.
The right is a nothing but a cult of thieves, crooks, kooks, psychphants and white supremacists. They openly support and defend a narcissistic psychopath and autocratic dictator wannabe who, I hope, gets to try out a ventilator the rest of his term.
Lock your liquor cabinets, Raul is back in town!
Here’s some background info. Seems Congressman Grijalvja chairs the head of the committee tasked with investigating Lafayette Square being cleared of protestors. He wanted to do it safely by having the hearing done remotely. The Trump White House, in the form of Interior Secretary Bernhardt, said the only way they would cooperate was by having hearing conducted in person in the Capitol. Forcing him to take unnecessary risks to do his job. Gohmert is a member of the committee, and being the fool he is, attended taking no Covid precautions whatsoever.
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Raul Grijalva has been fighting the good fight to protect Social Security & Medicare throughout his Congressional career. I and the majority of his constituents wish him a speedy recovery.
Somebody from Russia is alreadyveying his seat.
Do you republicans think we are going to let you get away with killing all of these americans because trump thought it was worse in blue states? Biden will be to senile to save you republiscum from your being brought to justice.
Overweight. Old. Alcoholic. If Raul the Fool survives, how bad can COVID-19 be?
Turning a pandemic into a partisan issue, as Tchump and his legions of moronic cult followers have so eagerly done, is a sure sign that the fall of the American Empire is nigh.
The U.S. is by far the richest country the world has ever seen, yet has proven to be utterly incapable of effectively protecting and caring for its citizenry. The corruption and incompetence laid bare by this pandemic is truly an “emperor-wears-no-clothes” moment, yet even now, with 160,000 dead and no end in sight, there are still many millions of people inside the American bubble who refuse to see it.
Individually, all we have to do is wear a f%&#ing mask and use some common sense, yet there are many millions of people here who cannot muster the basic responsibility or decency or consideration to do even that. It’s pathetic and embarrassing. We are a global laughing stock for our complete failure to handle this crisis.
Tchump is the perfect leader for these end times: a selfish, greedy, mendacious, narcissistic moron who is more interested in “owning the libs” than doing his job. He is the quintessential American, a 21st Century Schizoid Man with no morals, no conscience, and no future.
“… interested in “owning the libs” than doing his job.”
Yet it was you lib nuts who started trying to railroad him out of office before he even assumed it. It should not require repeating the lengths the Obama regime went to trying to prevent his presidency; all of which are being exposed, with more to come. You know it and I know it, only you won’t admit it.
He won’t admit it because it’s untrue. You “know” it because you’re delusional. Get a clue.