Calls mount for Mike Pence to quarantine, Mike Lee sat behind him at WH event

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Medical professionals and health experts are questioning why the vice president is not required to quarantine, given the recent string of positive COVID-19 cases diagnosed among his colleagues.

's election next month, also responded to the string positive COVID-19 cases diagnosed among GOP leaders and White House officials. The organization advised all those who attended Barrett's nomination ceremony to get tested for COVID-19 and quarantine regardless of their results.

Jesse Schonau, Pence's physician at the White House, confirmed the Vice President tested negative for COVID-19 in a statement released Friday. Schonau said Pence"is free to go about his normal activities" because he did not engage in"close contact" with Trump or other administration officials who recently contracted the disease.

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JuddApatow Let all of them get infected if they just don’t care

Lurch, get your contaminated azz in quarantine.

Why? If he didn't have fever, tested negative? Are you just trying to destroy the presidency?

Every single person who was at that event should quarantine

This MF'r needs to get out there. Or is he scared? Fear factor. Go hide in the bunker. VP what do you say Mr. vice president?

Keep that Typhoid Mary the hell away from Kamala!

strange how jared & princessivanka are negative, or is it the fact they are not positive because of no tests

We must quarantine *checks notes* person who tested negative. Rough day, guys?

JuddApatow He’s good! I’m sure God will protect him...

and he was right across from melania. and of course none of them had masks. you could still come up positive for another week. frankly if he had covid i don't think they would tell us because pelosi would be next in line.

JuddApatow please replace the comma with a colon here. Thx

We are a couple of coughs away from President Pelosi. If I was in his circle I would highly recommend him to cut back.

JuddApatow Lets be honest the WH is afraid to admit the Prez & VP might both be sick. Is there a Madam President in the Bldg? Calling Pelosi, please come to the customer service desk.

Tillis always wears a mask and wore one at the Rose Garden event. So how was Tillis exposed to the virus?

Trump's Republicans have concealed and misrepresented material facts about this virus that have caused great suffering and death around the world.

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