Pelosi on Gohmert testing positive for COVID-19: ‘I’m so sorry for him’

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday said she was sorry to hear that Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) had tested positive for COVID-19 earlier in the day.

“I’m so sorry for him,” Pelosi told MSNBC’s Garrett Haake.

“But I’m also sorry my members, who are concerned, because he has been showing up at meetings without a mask and making a thing of it.”

She added: “Hopefully now he will look after his health, and others’.”

“Hopefully now he will look after his health, and others’,” the speaker continues.

— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) July 29, 2020

Gohmert tested positive during a screening at the White House before he was supposed to accompany President Trump on his trip to Texas Wednesday.

“The Attorney General will be tested today,” Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec confirmed to The Hill following news of the congressman’s test result. 

ACTUALLY… here is a video of AG Barr and Gohmert.

While Barr arrived with a mask, it was off when he walked into the hearing room, so both men were not wearing masks at this time. pic.twitter.com/xm6wuq6QvW

— Olivia Beavers (@Olivia_Beavers) July 29, 2020

In June, Gohmert told CNN that “you’ll never see me without a mask” should he test positive for the virus.

The disease has killed nearly 150,000 people in the U.S. and has infected more than 4.3 million people in the country as of Wednesday afternoon.