Attendee at Chattanooga GOP event tests positive for COVID-19
Last weekend’s Hamilton County Lincoln Day dinner has proven to be the source of much intrigue over the veracity of its straw poll, because Senate candidates weren’t wearing masks, and due to allegations of the strategic deployment of campaign workers wearing short skirts. Now, the Hamilton County Health Department is urging anyone who was there to get tested for COVID-19 after someone who attended tested positive.
“We know that COVID-19 is highly contagious and can spread easily at large gatherings,” Health Department Administrator Becky Barnes said in a release. “We recommend staying home if you are sick, practicing social distancing, wearing a mask, and washing your hands frequently to stop the spread of the virus in our community.”
Bill Hagerty and Manny Sethi, the leading candidates for the GOP nomination to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, both attended.
Here’s what Sethi had to say:
After hearing the news this afternoon that a Hamilton GOP Dinner attendee has tested positive for COVID, I’ll be going to get tested out of an abundance of caution. I encourage @BillHagertyTN to go do the same, along with any others who think they may have been exposed.
— Dr. Manny For Senate (@DrMannySenate) August 5, 2020
And here’s what the Hagerty camp told told WCRB-TV:
As Election Day quickly approaches, we are focused on sharing Bill’s positive conservative message with Tennessee voters. They’re tired of mandates and being told what to do by the government. Bill trusts the good people of Tennessee to make the right decisions for themselves.
Like @DrMannySenate, @BillHagertyTN now says on @Hallerin's radio show he got tested for COVID-19 out of an abundance of caution
— Joel Ebert (@joelebert29) August 5, 2020
Meanwhile, Democratic Senate candidate James Mackler wasn’t impressed.
#COVID19 is real and serious. It's taken the lives of 1,144+ Tennesseans — our family, friends and neighbors. Real leaders don't put their own political gain ahead of the health/safety of those they seek to serve. Fight back to #FlipTheSenate and #TNsen ⬇️ https://t.co/37dFUFfN9e https://t.co/bXSyydn7I5 pic.twitter.com/x5wvPczfK5
— James Mackler (@James_Mackler) August 5, 2020
11 Responses to Attendee at Chattanooga GOP event tests positive for COVID-19
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Republican campaign workers wearing short skirts, oh my! Fun times in Chattanooga!
Molly-please do not wear one. You know why….
There’s another unfair advantage Republicans have in any election. Seriously folks, have you seen the girls/women who are enthusiastic about the Democrats? Would you even want to see them in short skirts?
About 80+ of Hollywood, music, and other entertainment are Dems. What……you don’t think Beyonce can rock a short skirt?
Ugghh… NO
given That reply John…………….how bout Clay Aiken?
Now MARLE, I didn’t say EVERY Democratic girl/woman vs. EVERY Republican girl/woman. Statements like the one I just made have to be read as the generalization they obviously are meant to be. To make the statement more precise and accurate would involve using a lot more words and you know the aversion I have to being needlessly wordy.
Point made also in earlier post about Molly
No comments about COVID exposure, plenty about short skirts. That sounds about right.
Jonathan you better get used to it. If Biden should stumble and bumble his way to the Presidency there will no longer be any reason for the leftists in this country to try to tank the economy by making everyone frightened to death about the WuFlu. At that time there will be considerably fewer comments about “COVID exposure” from the Democratic public relations dept. AKA the mainstream media and, I suspect, from you.
The Trump/Republican diversion strategy in full view. When the evidence shows once again that being a republican and not wearing a face mask in fact does NOT protect you from being exposed to the virus, they start talking about short skirts. It is by now an old tired trick from a bankrupt GOP that has nothing to offer the American public. Time for a change, they have killed way too many of our fellow citizens by neglect and doing nothing. This virus won’t be stopped by talking about hem lines!