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Another GOP Senator Tests Positive

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 5: Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) attends a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "oversight of the crossfire hurricane investigation" on Capitol Hill on August 5, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Erin Schaff - Pool/Getty Images)

GOP Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) released a statement tonight saying he has tested positive for coronavirus.

BREAKING — Sen Thom Tillis also tests positive for covid-19, his office says. Tillis is also a member of the Judiciary Committee, was at the White House SCOTUS event Saturday, met with Barrett on Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/FMGFWkOiFA
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) October 3, 2020

Tillis met with Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett at his office this week and was at the White House for the announcement of her nomination.

Thom Tillis met with Amy Coney Barrett on Wednesday. No masks. pic.twitter.com/E1n9DuO8NU
— Ian Sams (@IanSams) October 3, 2020

Earlier on Friday, Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee announced he had tested positive for coronavirus.

Both Lee and Tillis sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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