Washington – The president of United States, Donald trumpHe could not resist tonight making a comment that many found sarcastic when he learned that Republican Senator Mitt Romney – who voted in favor of his dismissal – is in quarantine after being close to the senator Rand Paul, who tested positive for coronavirus.
“Is Romney isolated? Damn (‘geee’) that’s a shame ”Trump said.
When a journalist asked him if he was being sarcastic, Trump said no.
Trump, moments before, had sent his solidarity to Republican Senator Paul (Kentucky) and Republican Congressman Mario Díaz Balart (Florida), who tested positive for the virus. He mistakenly called Díaz Balart by the name of his brother José Díaz Balart, a journalist for Telemundo and NBC.
He did not mention Democrat Ben McAdams (Utah), who also tested positive for the coronavirus.
In the United States already there are more than 32,000 people who have tested positive for the virus. Of those more than 400 have died.
In total, including Romney and Paul, there are five republican senators in isolation, which has markedly reduced the advantage of the Republican majority from 53 to 47 in the full Senate, at a time when the economic stimulus bill that would send federal checks to citizens, including residents of Puerto Rico, is being discussed.
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