Kevin McCarthy wants to make rapid testing available at Capitol

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he is looking at options for Republicans to bring rapid testing to the Capitol that would be offered to members in both parties along with staff and reporters.

House Republicans have amplified their calls for testing at the Capitol after Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) became the ninth member of Congress to test positive for the virus this week.

Gohmert had repeatedly been seen not wearing a mask at the Capitol, even as many other lawmakers in both parties along with others working at the Capitol did so.

"I'm actually looking at space that we have to actually bring people in and set up our own testing and we'll offer it to Democrats as well as the Republicans," McCarthy told The Hill on Friday, adding that it would also be extended to staff and the press.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-leaders-wants-to-make-rapid-testing-available-at-capitol/ar-BB17qk85?li=BBnbfcQ&ocid=hplocalnews

So they want to protect themselves. Fuck the rest of you peons.

[underpants]

1. "rapid" is not the word I first saw there

Okay. Time to step away from the iPad.

[Blecht]

4. They're all foaming at the mouth

Especially Gym Jordan.

[uponit7771]

2. The Abbott test has a 10 - 20% failure rate.

[underpants]

8. Either one would be an improvement for them.

[SWBTATTReg]

3. Why not for the rest of Americans too? Faster testing means faster response time on the ...

ground by the powers that be to react to hot spots ID'ed by the faster testing, and thus, in theory, stop outbreaks from spreading quicker.

[Brother Buzz]

6. He pulled some strings and got rapid testing installed in HIS district

McCarthy also told 23ABC that Bakersfield is the only city in California getting this kind of surge site. He said that this will alleviate the stress on local hospitals and labs.

https://www.turnto23.com/news/coronavirus/covid-19-surge-testing-site-opens-at-kern-county-fairgrounds-with-kevin-mccarthys-help

[Proud Liberal Dem]

9. Exactly

Protecting EVERYBODY should be the goal here!

[SWBTATTReg]

10. Such a simple goal, protecting EVERYBODY, but somehow, no, according to the republicans and rump...

go figure. I guess that they want us to crawl into a hole and die...and thus not vote in Nov. 2020?

[Bengus81]

5. FUCK you McCarthy.....everyone created equal except those at the Capitol are MORE equal

You never believed CV was anything more than a HOAX to hurt the Fuehrer.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Or, Kevvy-boy,....

...you could wear the damned masks and keep your distance.
Know what that costs, Kevvy? Nothing. A tea party drone should like not spending more $.
But, no.
Stupid, a liar, & a hypocrite!
The trifecta!

[crickets]

11. Ha! Now he cares about testing. For the Hill, anyway. nt