- GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida informed several people on Capitol Hill that he has contracted the coronavirus, according to Politico.
- The congressman’s office has not commented further on the revelation.
- Gaetz is a top Trump ally in the House of Representatives.
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Rep. Matt Gaetz, a close ally of President Donald Trump, has informed several people on Capitol Hill and the White House that he has contracted the coronavirus, according to Politico.
Neither Gaetz nor his office responded to a request from Insider for comment to Politico.
The conservative Florida congressman from the state’s Panhandle region was recently re-elected to his third term in the US House of Representatives. Gaetz is a close Trump ally and was a staunch defender of the president during his impeachment trial earlier this year.
In March, at the start of the coronavirus pandemic in the US, Gaetz went into self-quarantine after learning he’d come in contact with an individual who tested positive for the virus.
Gaetz was initially skeptical of the virus, wearing a gas mask on the House floor in what Democrats slammed as making light of COVID-19.
—Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) March 4, 2020
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