Rand Paul Defends Roaming Capitol Before Virus Results Returned
- Paul went to Senate gym Sunday while awaiting results of test
- Members of Congress in quarantine changes math for vote counts
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Senator Rand Paul is defending himself after coming under fire for exposing other lawmakers to the coronavirus while he was awaiting his own test results -- which turned out to be positive.
Paul, a physician and Kentucky Republican, was on Capitol Hill and went to the Senate gym Sunday before he learned that he was the first senator to be infected with Covid-19. That announcement prompted two other Republican senators -- Mitt Romney and Mike Lee of Utah -- to go into self-quarantine after spending time with Paul.