Lawmaker Gets Covid, Blames Maskless Colleagues in Riot Lockdown
- Watson Coleman says she sheltered with lawmakers at Capitol
- New Jersey’s first Black woman in Congress is cancer survivor
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U.S. Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman, a New Jersey Democrat and lung-cancer survivor, is seeking hospital treatment after testing positive for Covid-19.
Watson Coleman, 75, of Ewing, believes she was exposed after sheltering with several maskless colleagues during last week’s storming of the U.S. Capitol, according to a statement from her office. Watson Coleman, who on Twitter initially said she was resting at home, wrote four hours later that she was en route to medical treatment.