Source: Pa. lawmaker gets a positive test at Trump meeting

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A Pennsylvania state senator abruptly left a West Wing meeting with President Trump after being informed he had tested positive for the coronavirus, a person with direct knowledge of the meeting told The Associated Press.

Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, center, speaks to supporters of President Donald Trump as they demonstrate outside the Pennsylvania State Capitol, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Harrisburg, Pa., after Democrat Joe Biden defeated Trump to become 46th president of the United States.

Republican state Sen. Doug Mastriano had gone to the White House last Wednesday with like-minded Republican state lawmakers shortly after a four-hour-plus public meeting that Mastriano helped host in Gettysburg — maskless — to discuss efforts to overturn president-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the state.

Everyone who will be in close proximity to the president must take a rapid test. Trump was himself hospitalized in October after he contracted the virus. Dozens of White House staffers and others close to the president have also tested positive, including the first lady and two of the president’s sons.

After Mastriano and the others left, the discussion with Trump continued for about a half-hour. Mastriano did not return to the meeting. Mastriano, a conservative from a rural district in central Pennsylvania and outspoken Trump supporter, did not return several messages left Sunday seeking comment. The person with knowledge of the White House visit said several people rode in a large van from Gettysburg, where the policy committee met in a hotel, to the White House. Mastriano, his son and his son’s friend drove in another vehicle.

 

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They will be okay. If in fact it’s even true. Not only do you spy on everyone but then you tell stories of untruthful hearsay nonsense as though it’s proven facts.

realDonaldTrump and his family and administration are the poster children for COVID superspreader(s)

Fuck them masks isn't that right senator

These morons make me laugh

He and Trump should have stayed to test Trump’s immunity and make everyone else leave.

The White House needs fumigated for Covid19, fleas, lies and Trump

So he was tested before the meeting and got his results during the meeting? 🥴🥴🥴

Don’t feel sorry for you. It’s called Covid19 101 wear a mask

Lol, good for him.

But the whore took the meeting, you're burying the lede

It’s official. realDonaldTrump is poison.

Egad, anyone that get's near the West Wing or you-know-who in the WH seems to catch COVID.

TraitorTrump

Trump desperately trying to get somebody besides Rudy to listen to his “I’m a victim “ crying and whining. This guy probably faked a positive test just to get away from this LOSER... by 6,000,000 votes no less and he still can’t accept that he is not wanted, at all.

Joe and Jill need to be vaccinated before they ever step foot in the WH. Trump has contaminated everything

realDonaldTrump OneTermLoser COVIDIOTS

Why did they bother? Trump doesn't care about the virus. He recommended people get together for Thanksgiving. He continually puts those who work for him in harms way & encourages his base to do things to increase the spread. It's like he's working for the virus

houseofbuddy By not making public his test results, Mastriano has endangered his constituents and others who attended the Gettysburg Wyndham event or work at the hotel who should have been in quarantine for the last five days.

They really are try to kill each other in the West Wing. They will have to fumigate and disinfect for days after Capt Orange and his COVID cronnies leave in Jan.

So he tested positive for covid and left. And the meeting of all those folks exposed to covid positive man continued?Is there no one with brains in the White House?

At least he got something out of the meeting.

The dumbest fcuks

This highlights the need for rapid results

He went there for a bribe.

asil09 Who else was in the meeting?

MAGA - Masks Are Good Always

Still leaks in the WH. I doubt there will be any leaks if Biden gets in the WH. Me i would fire a whole bunch of people in the WH or move them to a different part of the WH. Maybe then the leaks will stop.

Hey , do better. You need to explain WHY that senator was there. Maybe something like, 'PA Senator planning sedition with White House tests positive for C-19.'

Fucking spreadneck

Lolol

Wouldn't it be smarter to wait for results BEFORE taking part in any meeting?

Why was trump meeting a Pennsylvania Senator in the Oval Office?

Omg. They are idiots.

Making out with a bat as a requirement to enter the White House sounds about right.

Sooo.....he took a test and while awaiting the results went to see the president and didnt wear a mask? I know its only Trump but how stupid are these people?

No mask, not social distancing and the Trump pandemic claims another enabler.

VivBWoke Well well well...don’t come to my ICU

What is direct When is knowledge Why is told Who is associated Where is press I am Ryan who is Rhino HooAh 🦏

Cc Sifill_LDF NAACP_LDF

davidgura

Did PA Congressman Mastriano fly to DC after his maskless meeting in PA against election votes?

davidgura c'mon Karma....... Also, that's what the fuck you get for trying to fuck with Election2020 & not certify the fucking votes. Thoughts and Prayers.

If you take a test you need to quarantine until you find out your results. He knowingly put people in danger.

For people who are always looking for signs from above they sure are missing the obvious.

The guy trying to disenfranchise all PA voters? Fuck em

Good

Hahaha you are. You went to the House of Covid. 😂😂😂💙💙💙

You mean he tested positive for COUP-ronavirus

Time for Trump to quarantine, preferably without his phone.

Karma is trumpvirus

Maybe the second time around, agolftwitler won't be so lucky!! 🤞🤞🙏

bradheath It’s spelled K A R M A and it’s pronounced, “Ha, ha, fuck you!”

PAGOP so embarrassing for our state, and you.

Just another delusional Trumper. Who should be removed from office

And why was he there to begin with? Sounds like election tampering and sedition.

Him and the other 13,134,000 other Americans that acquired covid are going to be just fine

RAQUELROMAN4 Mastriano also tested negative for having a brain

That tracks

Oh well

Subverting democracy for personal and ends up w the Rona. Life comes at you fast sometimes

They found 87 trumpers fraudulent ballots, they tried to vote twice as realDonaldTrump requested them to do

Trump really is toxic...

He’s been hoaxed with the Trump virus 🦠 Let’s see if he recovers in three days.

Thoughts and prayers

I felt guilty for laughing. For a split second

I went to the White House and all I got was Covid-19.

Maybe if he had worn a mask ?

I don't believe too much in a higher power, but, Holy Shit!

Another assassination attempt Too bad we have the cure

Rellyluvsfairen Our WhiteHouse is SO infected. TrumpVirusDeathToll267K

Isn't that strange....🤔

Another republican. Good

bradheath Who knew stupidity is as contagious as COVID.

🤯This is so nuts to me. Why aren't people awaiting their test results at home? In Holland once we've tested we are to go straight home and quarantaine till you get a phone call. Why is this not the same everywhere?

Does this picture show a politician clustering with vulnerable people while his COVID test was pending?

kyledcheney Wow!! Shocking!! Like he was wearing a mask and doing 6 foot social distancing!!!

TrueFactsStated You know why he has it, he parades around our state grandstanding without a mask and telling all of his constituents that masks violate your rights.

He entered COVID HELL the minute he walked through the doors.

TrueFactsStated Whoopsie!

I hope they had at least gave this idiot a dose of Trumps COVID cure.

bradheath Yes!

bradheath During his meeting with conspirators to wage a fascist coup.

Ha. Bummer. Up to no good I’m sure.

Might as well call it TrumpCooties now ..

bradheath I hope Joe and Jill have the White House thoroughly fumigated before stepping foot in it.

OMG! Covid loves those republicans. Maybe because they are so careless and make it easy for the virus to infect them.

Leaks

Obligatory joke about the writers jumping the shark here.

kyledcheney Not just any senator...

Man I love anonymous sources. Proof I want proof!!

bradheath It's sad that anti-mask high-level politicians (including Trump) get COVID, then get specialized medical care, recover, think it was no worse than the flu, think they are now immune, and thus go right back to their anti-mask rants. Meanwhile, regular people die, one per minute.

2021 don't play

Shouldn’t the topic of the meeting (a coup) be more newsworthy than the obvious fact that another anti-masker got sick? Come ON. This isn’t difficult...

TrueFactsStated Is there a republican that has come near Donald that hasn’t tested positive yet?

Start attaching bodies to their ass‼️Let’s see 👁👁 lacks they’d be then‼️It’s serious Covid 🦠😷It’s not the flu 🤧

So a lame duck president is still *actively* trying to overturn the results of an election in which he lost? And he is counting on Republicans and the Supreme Court to help him do it? And people like RandPaul are spreading lies to help him? Kinda buried the lead here.

dbble5 Why did he have to leave? I thought Trump was immune for life? And they’re not afraid of the rona. Why are they still testing?

SenMastriano halfwit

Wish him well! WH has to be evacuated and fumigated.

tbrandy100 Superman IV Superspreader IV

The white house is a petri dish. 🖕you trump and the horse you rode on in.

More like he had it before he went into that meeting and try to give it to the president again to try to kill him probably that’s how the Democrats works

The_Nabster These Republicans don’t accept the fact the coronavirus is like a plague within their own party. Time to repent before God and start protecting the people they have solemnly sworn to serve.

oh noooooo..

Media IS THE Enemy

kyledcheney

TrueFactsStated and he was at that Wyndham BS hearing.

See, the thing is, you’re supposed to get the result before going into the meeting.

Confederacy of dunces. 🦠

You do know what the real story is here, right?

I wouldn’t want to be making a living as a novelist these days.

bradheath The White House needs disinfection.

The GOP is patient zero. Throw the whole thing away.

Elljay1011 *Karma*

Trump can never get the hint, HE LOST!

It’s like covid doesn’t like GOP or them trying to overthrow the election

Is this the same asshat that tried to eliminate votes cast by citizens

This just makes me love PA even more 💕

Can coronavirus be spread through ass kissing?

This one

Idiots. All of them are fools.

The stupidity is never ending....

And the fun never stops...

fodderyfodder well well

The media is using Covid to prevent you from seeing the truth! Wake up people! It’s time!

This applies to SenMastriano SO MUCH!

Didn’t think it possible, but SenMastriano you just get dumber by the moment.

This is so delicious! 'Republican State Sen. Doug Mastriano of Greene Township said Levine and Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s mask-wearing order was grounds for a rebellion reminiscent of the Boston Tea Party of 1773.'

Hmmmmm

Is Trump a Typhoid Mary?

All they had to do was have some balls and wear a mask and use hand sanitizer around them.

This kind of misses the point that he was only there to plot how to overturn the popular election result in Pennsylvania, likely in exchange for help in winning a governorship to be named later.

Too late God is good. The best is yet to come. Covid-19 is the practice run.

Apparently sedition doesn't go over well with the universe.

Lol right!! How's he gonna get infected with a hoax virus that disappeared November 4th Fake news

Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy...

bradheath This guy and all the other state senators participating in this coup attempt should be arrested and charged with sedition.

Why was a PA state senator meeting with Trump? On a Sunday?

Karma

BrendanKeefe Does this mean they take the test but don't wait to get results before meeting with people such as Pres & others? What good does that do?!

Why though? Trump said once you’ve had it you can’t get it again. Meeting should’ve continued 😂😂

Just think, it is safer to go to an NFL game than it is to go to the White House.

bradheath Is this someone who was at that Gettysburg monstrosity?

Any reason he wasn’t quaranting while waiting.

johnastoehr

Chefs kiss

Tyou go

They need to see where this maskless thug has been speaking to crowds in PA!

bradheath Out of fucks to give for this guy. Is death a penalty for sedition?

bradheath We need to pool money to pay a company to deep deep clean the White House! Biden shouldn’t reside there until we have it done and hundred of tests are conducted

Shouldn’t be there anyways.

I just don’t understand the thinking at the white-house. What else are they ignoring?

Corrupt COVIDIOT!! 💩💩

thoughtsandprayers ;-)

that’s what he gets for trying to make a deal with the devil lol

Oh! This is the guy who's been posting false information all over his twitter feed. How is he not facing any legal consequences for the conspiracies he's claiming to be real? Conspiracies against the state he represents? Senators should be held at a higher standard

This was the story ! Way to bury the lede!

bradheath Hahaha... so petty, they won’t even say her name... ❤️

elwasson Good to know he is willing to overturn the will of the people.

trump is toxic but that is an oxymoron

F-ing clowns. All of em. You lost.

Boohoo another senator has covid-19. We're all surprised right ? NO

Can you frame it any worse? The real point should be that he is still meeting with Pennsylvania to get them to overturn the will of the people.

🤣

bradheath Why is he even there? This is clearly a “message”. Fuck around and find out.

Bencjacobs Lol

bradheath Who cares? Doesn't the White House have herd immunity by now?

They are going to have to tent the whole White House and complete a fumigation before Joe moves in!

Well done

Did he fly home? With his COVID positive son? Did they knowingly put others at risk?

He was at an event the Thursday prior with over 100 people there. Elizabethtown. The Starbarn.

Was he at the “hearing “ with Rudi ?

I do hope that the White House is disinfected before Biden moves in. Disinfect in every nook and cranny and desk drawer and under the desks and under the furniture. Especially anywhere where the superspreader trumpty's have been.

BrendanKeefe The best people

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Rhymesayers helping Chauncey lashawn Turner sheren shaaban sultan Magdy ebrahim and his family illegal investigation that's caused great bodily harm&multiple organ failures, assault to kids brain with 6666 illegal unconstitutional terrorism to our country&global terrorists groups

The GOP is the party of death. It's a death cult now.

Why was he in the meeting before her head results? What's the point in testing if they are getting results AFTER exposing everyone. Like seriously

Seems to be Republicans are geting the virus, um mm wonder why? Smh

Lmaooooooo

GOPBetrayedAmerica GOPSuperspreaders strike again 🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠

Rona is like

Democrats never get tested positive. This virus is partisanship.

What was Trump bribing, threatening or blackmail him with?

Trump and the GOP: the biggest threat to the US

what were the cycles for the PCR?

K

Covid... yeah right

“And I felt NOTHING” 🎶 oh should have WearAMask

Trumps immune. The Trumpccine antibodies are curing people as I tweet this

At this stage amd they haven’t learned ANYTHING full incompetents

These people keep spreading COVID-19.

Imagine finding out you have the most dangerous global virus in over a century after denying its existence and effects for nearly a year while simultaneously attempting sedition with the President.

NO ONE BELIEVES WHAT YOU ARE REPORTING

Geez..everyone in the Oval has/gets Covid. Need to really wash down that room with bleach prior to Jan. 20.

Once again unnamed source. Are you journalists or activists

Why are these state senators meeting with the loser & trying to overturn Biden win; are they committing treason?

Guess they shouldn't have had that meeting that was a complete waste of time to discuss conspiracy theories! Many more will probably be positive as a result of that meeting. CantFixStupid

Stop the bullshit AP! We see right through it!

Why was he with Trump in first place?

LisaKBromley

Why, doesn't the trump cult believe it's a hoax?

SimonWDC Sorry for laughing, buy he should have known better. losertrump is careless and reckless 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Truly SAD❗️Note the Karma❗️

They are going to have to sterilize the Whitehouse before 01-20-2021.

Mile_Marker_0 Let these foolish Republicans keep infecting each other. Perhaps if they get sick enough they’ll believe in science again

The sheer stupidity... 'All participants in Wednesday’s meeting took COVID-19 tests, but the positive results were not announced until they were in the West Wing of the White House, the person said.'

Pure gold... lol

Who didn't see that coming

Bad news

Oops, people can get this twice.

Sounds about right, doesn’t it BrianSimsPA

😂

So it's get tested~start meeting~then get results of test~stop meeting. It appears as though they skipped a step but caught up later.

So this is the snake handling state senator who held the “hearing” in Gettysburg with Giuliana w/o masks. Brillant!!

LOL

Hilarious. The White House can’t stop getting infected

The Donald love spreading the Trump virus around he loves Distributing T45 virus... in the US this is now the Trump virus T45

Big deal

Cesspool of Covid

The 🦠 is everywhere....Jesus.

This is the same SenMastriano who said he intended to invalidate the PA vote so that he and other Republican legislators could give the state's electoral votes to Trump.

What was he doing in WH? Is it not interfering with the election?

This can’t be true.... Republicans said the coronavirus was going to go away after the election

“All participants in Wednesday’s meeting took COVID-19 tests, but the positive results were not announced until they were in the West Wing of the White House” ...wth?

Bencjacobs Delicious; made my evening. No one more deserving of opprobrium and/or long Covid; I wish him well.

lol

Those non mask wearing fools.

Why was he out and about while awaiting test results?

Trump says he's immune, so no big deal.

Meanwhile as The Inauguration is happening:

No way MoscowMitch could test positive. No blood flows through that black heart of stone.

Love this! Spread the wealth around dumb ass!!

GOP in action.

Doorknob lickers.

lol

Coming from a State in Australia that is coming out of our 2nd wave,0 cases for 30 days, I know the C19 experience. We had a curfew, masks, restrictions on hospitality and retail, these actions work,no miracles, low cost, major benefits.I get the issues, I implore you do similar.

5 will get you 10 he didn't cover his face.

No need to leave if Drinky Two-hands is immune.

Bencjacobs Idiots. Pa GOP dropping like flies. Idk. Maybe if they.....wore fucking masks!!?!?

More Divine intervention.

oh my

tmhensley1 All those people he's hurt and he'll never know or care.

COVID Russian roulette in Trump's orbit. Who will get infected? Who will live, who will die? So exciting!

Wow, how unfortunate that this lying bootlicker got infected. Copious thoughts and prayers.

Lol! These are rhe worst leaders ever in US History! No wonder 80Million voters booted Trump out of office

They’re all walking clusterf*cks.

Going to have to send in hazmat team on Inauguration Day.

White house is a germ festival for Covid.

Slander slander.

lol

ConquerCOVID19 stay safe everyone

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