{"id":80988,"date":"2020-10-03T04:51:43","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T01:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/north-carolina-sen-thom-tillis-tests-positive-for-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2020-10-03T04:51:43","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T01:51:43","slug":"north-carolina-sen-thom-tillis-tests-positive-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/north-carolina-sen-thom-tillis-tests-positive-for-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"#North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis tests positive for COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis tests positive for COVID-19<\/strong>”
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\n A second Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee has tested positive for the coronavirus, potentially complicating the confirmation process for Amy Coney Barrett,\u00a0 President Trump\u2019s Supreme Court nominee.<\/p>\n

North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis announced Friday night<\/a> that he has tested positive, hours after Utah Sen. Mike Lee had confirmed he had been infected,<\/a> as well, following Trump\u2019s own positive test.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the last few months, I\u2019ve been routinely tested for COVID-19, including testing negative last Saturday, but tonight my rapid antigen test came back positive,\u201d Tillis said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Both Tillis and Lee were in attendance at the Rose Garden ceremony Saturday where Trump announced Barrett as his nominee to fill the Supreme court vacancy created by the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.<\/p>\n

Lee, like many at the Saturday ceremony, was pictured without a facemask<\/a> and in close proximity to others.<\/p>\n

The Senate Judiciary Committee, which oversees the hearing process for Supreme Court nominees, had planned to begin Barrett\u2019s confirmation process Oct. 12 under a schedule set forth by committee chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).<\/p>\n

The committee features 12 Republican and 10 Democratic members. But the infections of Tillis and Lee means both could miss the hearings if they conduct 14-day quarantines as recommended by federal guidelines.<\/p>\n

Tillis said that he\u2019s currently asymptomatic, while Lee said he had minor symptoms similar to allergies. Barrett, who has been meeting with senators all week, has tested negative for the virus.<\/p>\n

But Lee announced he planned to quarantine for ten days, which would run right up to the start of Barrett\u2019s hearings.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have spoken with Leader McConnell and Chairman Graham,\u201d Lee said in a statement, \u201cand assured them I\u2019d be back to work in time to join my Judiciary Committee colleagues in advancing the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett in the committee and then to the full Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on Republicans to hold off on their plans to rush through Barrett\u2019s confirmation before the election.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe now have two members of the Senate Judiciary Committee who have tested positive for COVID, and there may be more. I wish my colleagues well,\u201d Schumer tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is irresponsible and dangerous to move forward with a hearing, and there is absolutely no good reason to do so.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n