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Danmel

(4,915 posts)
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 01:51 PM Mar 2020

Sen. Rand Paul tests positive for coronavirus

Source: Axios

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has tested positive for the coronavirus, his office announced on Twitter Sunday.

Why it matters: He's the first U.S. senator to test positive. According to his office, Paul is asymptomatic and was not aware of direct contact with any infected person.

Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.axios.com/rand-paul-coronavirus-847b3df1-92bc-4ee6-833b-952d16f3ee3f.html

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Sen. Rand Paul tests positive for coronavirus (Original Post) Danmel Mar 2020 OP
KARMA still_one Mar 2020 #1
Total Karma PNW-Dem Mar 2020 #63
Did his dad really say that a couple days ago? Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #72
He did JenniferJuniper Mar 2020 #81
It may be Karma, but... infullview Mar 2020 #105
Spanish dicho, proverb: Hierbas mala nunca muere [bad, evil people never die.] RestoreAmerica2020 Mar 2020 #116
As long as its spread to other Republicans. Arthur_Frain Mar 2020 #117
How can he get the test when he doesn't have any symptoms when others can't? olegramps Mar 2020 #66
Just reporting it n CNN.. other senators freaking out Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #73
They need to be told DarleenMB Mar 2020 #89
? Smackdown2019 Mar 2020 #83
It's like Trump told a reporter when asked a couple of weeks ago: "Sometimes life is like that"... Hekate Apr 2020 #132
Was he spending time with Mitch? bronxiteforever Mar 2020 #2
LOL ! I hope so! nt Progressive Jones Mar 2020 #7
Did he give 45 tongue? n/t moonscape Mar 2020 #23
Let's spare ourselves... Newest Reality Mar 2020 #56
Yes but it would have to be oral-oral contact. lagomorph777 Mar 2020 #87
What about the Mrs.? ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2020 #106
He needs a hug from Mitch during these difficult times IronLionZion Mar 2020 #35
Is he ready to vote in favor of the bill? SummerSnow Mar 2020 #3
Now how many others did this asshole infect ? Nt. drray23 Mar 2020 #4
If he dies then maybe they will ramp up virus testing Submariner Mar 2020 #5
Or break out the wax dummy quakerboy Mar 2020 #95
Boo Hoo nt Progressive Jones Mar 2020 #6
Couldn't happen to a better person. Lonestarblue Mar 2020 #8
On a brighter note...he did vote nay on fuBarr Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #75
Fighting with his neighbor...? Maxheader Mar 2020 #9
Good luck asshole HAB911 Mar 2020 #10
Wait?? How?? That is not possible!! malchickiwick Mar 2020 #11
That's what I thought, too. SergeStorms Mar 2020 #78
Here's what the (alleged) source looks like Fritz Walter Mar 2020 #100
I thought he self-quarantined. I can't keep up. Politicub Mar 2020 #12
A bit of positive news for today dalton99a Mar 2020 #13
Why the test? ahimsa Mar 2020 #14
Damn good question Sucha NastyWoman Mar 2020 #22
Could most R's on the Hill be testing? Duppers Mar 2020 #86
Senator dirtbag is still a Senator quakerboy Mar 2020 #96
WTF is this? A coronabrag? Gothmog Mar 2020 #15
and people who are symptomatic can't get tested .. n/t moonscape Mar 2020 #24
+1 million KewlKat Mar 2020 #44
Gee those certain "groups" of people can get a fast test.... Bengus81 Mar 2020 #47
His Dad, Ron Paul, said that COVID-19 is a hoax by the deep state to take power. KWR65 Mar 2020 #16
Yup....here it is. ALL A HOAX Bengus81 Mar 2020 #49
WOW Mike Niendorff Mar 2020 #122
Thoughts & Prayers; motherfu*ker! nt EarthFirst Mar 2020 #17
What prompted him to take a test? Asymptomatic, no contact.... Something isn't right? 33taw Mar 2020 #18
Same question here. Whatever insurance company covered this needs to explain Raven123 Mar 2020 #31
Don't worry. He's covered by the invisible hand of the free market. n/t Yavin4 Mar 2020 #19
And the taxpayers would can't get FREE healthcare. rickyhall Mar 2020 #97
Now that tickles my left testicle. 3Hotdogs Mar 2020 #20
Best wishes for symptoms.. real soon.. mountain grammy Mar 2020 #21
Karma for that evil pos! Nt helpisontheway Mar 2020 #25
John Kennedy the Worse and Mike Lee Might Want to Quarantine Too Stallion Mar 2020 #26
So it's no longer a hoax then? Dawson Leery Mar 2020 #27
Maybe Putin will send him a respirator oldtime dfl_er Mar 2020 #28
Change headline to: coronavirus tested positive for Rand Paul ariesgem Mar 2020 #29
If he was asymptomatic why was he tested?nt helpisontheway Mar 2020 #30
Good question durablend Mar 2020 #33
I'm sure he did not have the Socialist test and safeinOhio Mar 2020 #53
Thoughts and Prayers Rand! AC_Mem Mar 2020 #32
It's in his hair /nt bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #34
Poor Rand Paul. Victim of a hoax . . . Journeyman Mar 2020 #36
How did he get a test if he's asymptomatic and had no contact with a confirmed case???? SunSeeker Mar 2020 #37
I hope qwlauren35 Mar 2020 #38
I don't want anyone to get sick, political opponent or not. totodeinhere Mar 2020 #43
#MoscowMitch talks to innocent people ?!? durablend Mar 2020 #45
I don't know if he does or not but on the chance that he has any contact with other people totodeinhere Mar 2020 #46
He talks to his Chinese wife Traildogbob Mar 2020 #103
Trump stopped being a political opponent when he won the primary. qwlauren35 Mar 2020 #60
He's toast. /nt spudspud Mar 2020 #93
pretty sure it will kill Mitch before he'll admit to having a positive test... so scrabblequeen40 Mar 2020 #104
Thoughts and prayers Dopers_Greed Mar 2020 #39
I didn't wish this on him sellitman Mar 2020 #40
Well said. Marie Marie Mar 2020 #112
I wish him a quick and speed recovery just like I wish the same for all victims of this virus. totodeinhere Mar 2020 #41
He was delaying vapor2 Mar 2020 #71
He has been a real obstructionist and it needs to stop. But that doesn't mean I want him to get totodeinhere Mar 2020 #79
totodeinhere: yeah, too bad Mitch is totofineyoudie, tho.... LOL scrabblequeen40 Mar 2020 #109
I hope he does not infect others... BadGimp Mar 2020 #42
there is a god, I hope like hell every GOP senator comes down with it beachbumbob Mar 2020 #48
GOP Representatives too!!! machoneman Mar 2020 #57
without question beachbumbob Mar 2020 #59
No problem, trump can prescribe him some hydroxychloroquine stuff and he's cured. KewlKat Mar 2020 #50
Bless his heart. n/t pnwmom Mar 2020 #51
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. blueinredohio Mar 2020 #52
Natural Selection at work. ffr Mar 2020 #54
Fuckin' A, I say! machoneman Mar 2020 #55
He can blow dry his nose Bluethroughu Mar 2020 #58
Rand Paul isn't liked well enough to have spread it anyone else Under The Radar Mar 2020 #61
thoughts and prayers. NRaleighLiberal Mar 2020 #62
My wish is... Newest Reality Mar 2020 #64
Wait a minute! Wait a minute! He is asymptomatic but got tested while real sick people cannot? question everything Mar 2020 #65
Was he at CPAC? Mr.Bill Mar 2020 #67
Thoughts and prayers Rand, you stupid fuck. 47of74 Mar 2020 #68
Isn't it gRand... Blue Owl Mar 2020 #69
I guess if you are a TrumpHumper, you don't have to be sick to get a test. Let me or you try to get 40RatRod Mar 2020 #70
CNN is reporting that he was at the Senate gym this morning qanda Mar 2020 #74
And you know that MurrayDelph Mar 2020 #124
asymptomatic but he still got tested... Thomas Hurt Mar 2020 #76
Some good news for today BunnyMcGee Mar 2020 #77
What would Ayn Rand do? sop Mar 2020 #80
Throw him to the wolves. lagomorph777 Mar 2020 #88
Oh well. Every man for himself. Jim__ Mar 2020 #82
Couldn't happen to a bigger asshole world wide wally Mar 2020 #84
Yes it could Traildogbob Mar 2020 #111
One Dios Mio Mar 2020 #85
CNN has an interesting tidbit. Paul was working out in the gym with others present this morning.. Princess Turandot Mar 2020 #90
Rand Paul JGug1 Mar 2020 #91
Thoughts and prayers anyone? Anyone? Anyone in the back? Anyone in the balcony? Anyone anywhere? cstanleytech Mar 2020 #92
How Do You Test Positive For A Hoax? nt smb Mar 2020 #94
What Melanoma's cost said Traildogbob Mar 2020 #98
Don't come home, Randy!! Bayard Mar 2020 #99
Reports he used Sen pool & gym today. Well, Bernie wasn't there. Where was Bernie (its ok, I know). Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2020 #101
Hmm, i wonder what else he tests positive for still_one Mar 2020 #102
Am I a bad person if I don't feel sorry for him? Fla Dem Mar 2020 #107
Serves him right. bluescribbler Mar 2020 #108
How fucking sad Texaswitchy Mar 2020 #110
No comment. liberalmuse Mar 2020 #113
+1 Flaleftist Mar 2020 #118
This virus has been around since December. roamer65 Mar 2020 #114
The Rand Paul Virus. Paladin Mar 2020 #115
my deepest sympathy with his family. uncle ray Mar 2020 #119
He's sounding brave and all about testing positive, but generalbetrayus Mar 2020 #120
I'll have the Schadenfreude with the Frim-Fram sauce and Chiffafa on the side. GoneOffShore Mar 2020 #121
Make that two orders.... Pachamama Mar 2020 #123
Has anyone ever asked the guy... heckles65 Mar 2020 #125
The *only* Senator to condemn Rand Paul for his recklessness has been no_hypocrisy Mar 2020 #126
After taking the test, he still went to the Senate instead of waiting for the results, right? Hav Mar 2020 #127
I wouldn't wish this disease on anyone truthisfreedom Mar 2020 #128
Rand Paul is a PHYSICAN and should KNOW BETTER than to recklessly expose the senate flibbitygiblets Mar 2020 #129
Where is Rand Paul now? Has he recovered? DesertRat Apr 2020 #130
Hope ALL the respirators bluestarone Apr 2020 #131

PNW-Dem

(244 posts)
63. Total Karma
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 02:55 PM
Mar 2020

Diagnosis comes days after his father said the pandemic may be a hoax. "Thoughts and prayers" for Senator Paul

infullview

(981 posts)
105. It may be Karma, but...
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 04:15 PM
Mar 2020

Like a good republican he probably wont suffer any ill effects from it and will spread it to people who can't get tested and are too poor to get good medical coverage. When these people are dying he will say no to healthcare and tell to die and decrease the surplus population - because tha's they way it works with social Darwinism.

Arthur_Frain

(1,853 posts)
117. As long as its spread to other Republicans.
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 04:50 PM
Mar 2020

I find I’m okay with this.

Probably building up a little bad karma myself. Welp.

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
66. How can he get the test when he doesn't have any symptoms when others can't?
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 02:56 PM
Mar 2020

I don't think that many Democrats are going to feel sorry for the sorry ass bastard.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
73. Just reporting it n CNN.. other senators freaking out
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:11 PM
Mar 2020

Especially older ones. They've all been in close contact in meetings and lunch. Also Paul worked out with others in Senate gym this morning!

Why gym open??? That's what their asking.

Smackdown2019

(1,188 posts)
83. ?
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:30 PM
Mar 2020

I bet his neighbor does not feel sorry for him as well... remember he was arrested year or two ago....

Hekate

(90,714 posts)
132. It's like Trump told a reporter when asked a couple of weeks ago: "Sometimes life is like that"...
Mon Apr 6, 2020, 08:33 PM
Apr 2020

And Trump had such a smirk when he said it -- he was just holding back a laugh at all us little people who believe in fairness.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
56. Let's spare ourselves...
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 02:52 PM
Mar 2020

Let's spare ourselves the disgusting details and just say that many orifices were involved.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
87. Yes but it would have to be oral-oral contact.
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:41 PM
Mar 2020

In this case, one of the orifices involved was a different one.

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
3. Is he ready to vote in favor of the bill?
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 01:53 PM
Mar 2020

" O, what men dare do ! what men may do ! what men daily do, not knowing what they do! "--Shakespeare

quakerboy

(13,920 posts)
95. Or break out the wax dummy
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:57 PM
Mar 2020

and pretend hes fine.

Its not like it would be a big difference from the real rand, on behavior or intelegence. Though some might note it was behaving in a more ethical way than he usually does.

Lonestarblue

(10,011 posts)
8. Couldn't happen to a better person.
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 01:56 PM
Mar 2020

Maybe Mr. Detestable will be sick enough to think that this is not a hoax. Of course, as a US senator he will have access to the best medical care while many people can’t even be tested because they aren’t sick enough yet.

Politicub

(12,165 posts)
12. I thought he self-quarantined. I can't keep up.
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 01:59 PM
Mar 2020

I think he's making it up so he can eke out some sympathy from aqua buddha.

ahimsa

(426 posts)
14. Why the test?
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 01:59 PM
Mar 2020

Asymptomatic with no known contact with an infected person... it seems there’s more to this story than what we see here.

Duppers

(28,125 posts)
86. Could most R's on the Hill be testing?
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:38 PM
Mar 2020

Simply because they can?

Otherwise, yes, it's very fishy.

quakerboy

(13,920 posts)
96. Senator dirtbag is still a Senator
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 04:03 PM
Mar 2020

Id bet that the secret service has priority test access and is testing anyone who is likely to have contact with the president or vp or anyone in their circle.

KWR65

(1,098 posts)
16. His Dad, Ron Paul, said that COVID-19 is a hoax by the deep state to take power.
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 02:01 PM
Mar 2020

It must be a hoax result.

Bengus81

(6,931 posts)
49. Yup....here it is. ALL A HOAX
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 02:46 PM
Mar 2020
https://www.fitsnews.com/2020/03/16/guest-column-ron-paul-the-coronavirus-hoax/

"It is ironic to see the same Democrats who tried to impeach President Donald Trump last month for abuse of power demanding that the Administration grab more power and authority in the name of fighting a virus that thus far has killed less than 100 Americans."

Opps.........

Mike Niendorff

(3,462 posts)
122. WOW
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 06:20 PM
Mar 2020

"People should ask themselves whether this coronavirus “pandemic” could be a big hoax, with the actual danger of the disease massively exaggerated by those who seek to profit – financially or politically – from the ensuing panic."

-- Ron Paul (father of Sen Rand Paul), **6 days ago**


Just, WOW.


MDN

Stallion

(6,476 posts)
26. John Kennedy the Worse and Mike Lee Might Want to Quarantine Too
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 02:18 PM
Mar 2020

in fact entire Republican Caucus might want to take a 14 day break so we can impeach the Orange Anus

https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/art/special/Desks/chambermap.cfm

SunSeeker

(51,571 posts)
37. How did he get a test if he's asymptomatic and had no contact with a confirmed case????
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 02:27 PM
Mar 2020

We have symptomatic people with confirmed contacts that can't get tested here in Los Angeles!!

Los Angeles County health officials advised doctors to give up on testing patients in the hope of containing the coronavirus outbreak, instructing them to test patients only if a positive result could change how they would be treated.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-20/coronavirus-county-doctors-containment-testing

totodeinhere

(13,058 posts)
43. I don't want anyone to get sick, political opponent or not.
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 02:37 PM
Mar 2020

Did you ever stop to think that if Mitch or the president gets it they could pass it on to other innocent people? It is very short sighted of you to hope that anyone should get it.

totodeinhere

(13,058 posts)
46. I don't know if he does or not but on the chance that he has any contact with other people
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 02:42 PM
Mar 2020

then yes, I hope he doesn't get it and I hope that anyone else doesn't get it.

Traildogbob

(8,752 posts)
103. He talks to his Chinese wife
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 04:13 PM
Mar 2020

It’s her flu. Her families ships. Sarcasm here. I hate the GOP racist shit too. He should be slapping trump to defend her, even if she is a corrupt asshole. Stealing from the country that pays her.

qwlauren35

(6,148 posts)
60. Trump stopped being a political opponent when he won the primary.
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 02:53 PM
Mar 2020

Right now, he is a threat to the American public.

The things that I have wished would happen to him are unprintable.

But yes, I am an ugly person in some ways, and if innocent people have to get sick for our president to catch COVID-19, I consider them casualties of war. Collateral damage.

I accept that you think I am an ugly person. And that you are a gentler person.

Go ahead and pray for Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump, so that the innocents who surround them will be spared. Others will pray for those in ICU on ventilators. Personally, I think, if prayers are in scarce supply, the people in the hospitals are more innocent than those who gather around the president.

scrabblequeen40

(334 posts)
104. pretty sure it will kill Mitch before he'll admit to having a positive test... so
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 04:14 PM
Mar 2020

yeah. It's a hoax. And then, he's dead. How will we carry one without such evil?

totodeinhere

(13,058 posts)
79. He has been a real obstructionist and it needs to stop. But that doesn't mean I want him to get
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:17 PM
Mar 2020

sick and die. I would not wish that on anybody.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
64. My wish is...
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 02:55 PM
Mar 2020

My wish is that he doesn't die too soon from it, bless his granite heart. I mean, I wouldn't want his lungs to feel like ground glass and have him struggling and gasping to breath.

Mr.Bill

(24,303 posts)
67. Was he at CPAC?
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 02:58 PM
Mar 2020

I wish him no ill, but it's good if it keeps him and his obstructionism away from the Senate while they work on serious legislation.

40RatRod

(532 posts)
70. I guess if you are a TrumpHumper, you don't have to be sick to get a test. Let me or you try to get
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:00 PM
Mar 2020

one!

qanda

(10,422 posts)
74. CNN is reporting that he was at the Senate gym this morning
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:12 PM
Mar 2020

What an idiot. Didn't he know that he was being tested?

MurrayDelph

(5,299 posts)
124. And you know that
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 10:09 PM
Mar 2020

Rand Paul is just the kind of self-entitled weasel to not bother wiping down the gym equipment he's just used.

Traildogbob

(8,752 posts)
111. Yes it could
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 04:18 PM
Mar 2020

Trump, his spawn, Kelly Anne, Hannity....I can go on, Rusty Limpballs, I would say Alex Jones but he has magic toothpaste to save himself and all that buy it.

Princess Turandot

(4,787 posts)
90. CNN has an interesting tidbit. Paul was working out in the gym with others present this morning..
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:47 PM
Mar 2020

The tweet from his account went out at 1:36PM today. I assume that he had been tested before he went to the gym.

(From CNN's update roll for today, not separately linkable.)

Senate Republicans expressed their concern after emerging from a closed-door lunch where they received news that Sen. Rand Paul had tested positive for coronavirus.

Three different GOP senators told CNN that Paul was in the gym with colleagues this morning and several pointed out how close the Kentucky senator had sat to others during Senate lunches in recent days.


Paul apparently had part of a lung removed in 2019, as an eventual complication of the brawl with his neighbor. That may have put him into a 'testable' category.

JGug1

(320 posts)
91. Rand Paul
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:52 PM
Mar 2020

My gosh, I had no idea that he was hurt that much. What a great world we live in.
And I dislike him about as much as any of them.

Bayard

(22,099 posts)
99. Don't come home, Randy!!
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 04:09 PM
Mar 2020

We already have enough people infected here.

I am also wondering why he was tested.

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
114. This virus has been around since December.
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 04:35 PM
Mar 2020

I am pretty sure it took a plane ride over from China in November or early December.

It’s about a 12 hr ride over.

uncle ray

(3,156 posts)
119. my deepest sympathy with his family.
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 05:04 PM
Mar 2020

it must be torture being quarantined with such a flaming asshole.

generalbetrayus

(507 posts)
120. He's sounding brave and all about testing positive, but
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 05:14 PM
Mar 2020

I heard he's on a road trip right now to Ayn Rand's grave site where he'll get down on his knees and sing, "Nearer My God to Thee".

heckles65

(549 posts)
125. Has anyone ever asked the guy...
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 08:03 AM
Mar 2020

as to why he went into politics, as part of the leech State, instead of business where he could have been the next Howard Roark or John Galt?


no_hypocrisy

(46,122 posts)
126. The *only* Senator to condemn Rand Paul for his recklessness has been
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 08:15 AM
Mar 2020

Sen. Sinema (D-Arizona). No republican Senator has put out a public statement about how Paul's exposure of the CV to other Senators has endangered them. None.

Hav

(5,969 posts)
127. After taking the test, he still went to the Senate instead of waiting for the results, right?
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 08:22 AM
Mar 2020

I think a Dem senator raised the question yesterday why he would do that and how irresponsible it is. I wouldn't go so far and claim intent but he's an idiot who acted recklessly.

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
129. Rand Paul is a PHYSICAN and should KNOW BETTER than to recklessly expose the senate
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 12:01 PM
Mar 2020

They are mostly elderly and at highest risk for death.

There are no plans for remote voting at all.

Let me say that again, Paul is a PHYSICAN. "First do no harm", anyone????

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
130. Where is Rand Paul now? Has he recovered?
Mon Apr 6, 2020, 08:00 PM
Apr 2020

I think it's concerning that there have been no medical updates on the condition of a sitting Senator. Remember he had part of his lung removed after his neighbor beat the crap out of him a couple of years ago.

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