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Sen. Mike Lee, who tested positive for Covid-19 less than two weeks ago, appeared in person today for the first day of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings https://politi.co/2H2W00I
When the Utah Republican arrived in the hearing room Monday morning, he was wearing a blue surgical mask and could be seen fist-bumping his GOP colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee https://politi.co/2H2W00I
Lee was one of two GOP senators, along with North Carolina’s Thom Tillis, who contracted the coronavirus in the days after attending a crowded White House Rose Garden ceremony on Sept. 26 at which President Donald Trump announced his nomination of Barrett https://politi.co/2H2W00I
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse was among the Democratic senators who expressed issue with the hearing, citing concerns over the pandemic. "I don't know who has been tested, who should be tested," he said. https://politi.co/3iTGi5v
