A Shameless Gohmert Tries To Blame Masks For Getting COVID-19 – By Cristina Cabrera (Talking Points Memo) / July 29 2020
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), who tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday after long dismissing the necessity of wearing masks, has cooked up a truly bold spin on his predicament.
“I can’t help but wonder if by keeping a mask on and keeping it in place that if I might have put some germs, some of the virus, onto the mask and breathed it in,” Gohmert told KETK News in a Skype interview several hours after news of his diagnosis broke. Gohmert said he’s worn a mask “in the last week or two” (he did not wear a mask on Tuesday while interacting with Attorney General Bill Barr, who also was not wearing a mask).
The Texas lawmaker also stated that he didn’t have any symptoms of the virus.
“I’m asymptomatic,” Gohmert said in a video he posted on Twitter.
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