On edit: Rick Scott's office is saying he misspoke and does not have coronavirus.

[Mrs. Overall]

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Abby D. Phillip
@abbydphillip

Per @mkraju Sen. Rick Scott is NEGATIVE for COVID-19. He misspoke in an interview this morning, per his office.

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Amy Siskind
@Amy_Siskind

NEW: Sen Rick Scott has tested positive for the coronavirus, the fourth Republican Senator.

Sounds like we have a cluster.

[MontanaMama]

1. Is that 4? eom

[Mrs. Overall]

6. Yes--Tillis, Johnson, Lee, and Scott.

[drray23]

7. yes.nt.

[samnsara]

2. was he at the scotus event? were any Dems there?

[Claustrum]

10. No, Dems weren't invited to the ceremony. The blessing of living in Trump America.

Nothing is bi-partisan.

But Dems still worked and interacted with these COVID spreaders in the following days.

[CrispyQ]

13. I don't think dems were invited.

You know how bipartisan the pukes are.

[central scrutinizer]

33. Another chance to own the libs!

Bwah hah hah

[DURHAM D]

3. Which super-spreader did he attend? nt

[Claustrum]

4. So that makes 4 votes lost?

[Mrs. Overall]

9. Yes--Tillis, Johnson, Lee, and Scott.

[Claustrum]

23. Maybe there is a god /s

We might actually be able to hold off the vote till after election. And try to use the election results to delay their votes. Still a long shot but much better odds than say a week ago.

[Squinch]

14. Plus Murkowski and Collins, if she doesn't cave which she certainly may. We only need one more.

[drray23]

34. we already have enough if they cant vote.

there is 53 gop senators. if 4 are out, its below 50 not even counting murkowsky and colins who said they will vote no.

[Baitball Blogger]

15. They're not lost, unless they're under a ventilator.

Mitch McConnell can go virtual with the vote.

[Claustrum]

27. Yes. Virtual is probably the most likely scenario.

[Jersey Devil]

29. no he can't - no quorum

He would have to change senate rules and that would require a quorum - 47 dems sit it out, 4 Repubs absent means only 49 Repubs remain, which is not a quorum. Senate shuts down.

[Baitball Blogger]

35. Mitch McConnel change senate rules???

I can't imagine it could ever happen.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

32. Senate votes

have to be on the floor. No virtual votes...... MSNBC

[Beachnutt]

5. Republican Senators meet for luncheon twice weekly maskless

No hearing for supreme court nominee it looks like.

[DFW]

47. I wonder if they will continue to do that

Two more, and that makes more than ten per cent of their caucus.

Still one must consider: these are REPUBLICAN Senators. Their consideration for their fellow humans is not at what you might call fever pitch (no pun intended). If they are at all functional, and want to demonstrate how faithful they are to their own nonsense, they could easily continue to show up, maskless, at their luncheons, even after their diagnosis. Like all games of Russian Roulette, some will sure get away with it, but if even a fifth of them get seriously ill over the next month, and Graham and McTurtle are NOT among them, they will be in some kind of pickle when their confirmation of Justice Lucretia Borgia comes up for a vote. Of course, if either McTurtle or Graham are incapacitated, they have their out and get a free ticket to call off the war they declared with her nomination.

[Baitball Blogger]

8. I must confess.

I have been good, for the most part, holding back for most of the bad news that Republicans are getting, based on their own bad choices. But, this one is coming across as a Divinely sent penance from God.

[jcgoldie]

11. Come on turtle!

🐢 🤞

[OnDoutside]

12. #ContagiousACB .... Outstanding !

[tanyev]

18. ..

ETA: They've already appropriated the Notorious RBG meme and made a similar pic of ABC with the crown on her head. That could be improved by making it half of a coronavirus image on her head.

[malaise]

16. Holy shit #4 of the Reckless ReTHUG Senators

Rec

[coeur_de_lion]

17. Delightful!

[cry baby]

19. Chickens coming home to roost.

I’m not surprised.

[dixiechiken1]

20. Huh. Cryin' shame, that...

Tots & pears, Senator.

[dalton99a]

21. Excellent.

[58Sunliner]

22. Gee, that's too bad. I wish him a speedy progression.

[progressive nobody]

24. 4 Republicans...

[Sneederbunk]

25. Karma running amuck.

Or RBG has God's ear.

[Beachnutt]

26. Turtle where are you ?

you low life...

[Grammy23]

28. One by one these asshats are getting a taste of what quite a few others have gotten.

This could be eye opening for some. Others like tRump will ask for and get the best treatment money (or position) can buy. It will be interesting to see which camp some of these people fall into — depending, of course, if they survive. I don’t expect miracles to happen. But maybe some will have their proverbial “come to Jesus” moment.

R. Scott was my governor.

They knew he was a crook when elected and then voted for him as Senator. Still shaking my head how folks can overlook his crooked past. And a poor sap who served time for stealing stuff still can’t vote even after he has served his sentence if he has outstanding fines.

[BlueStater]

30. He apparently misspoke.

He tested negative. What a dolt.

[Leghorn21]

31. All my favorites are making the list, one after the other!!!

[Buns_of_Fire]

36. Back when Lindsey was somewhat sane, he said that Rump would

destroy the republican party. Guess he was right -- just not in the way he envisioned.

That said, statistically, most, if not all of them, will survive.

Betcha folks like Grassley and Alexander are feeling a bit nervous right about now, though.

[BumRushDaShow]

37. He just tweeted to say that he "misspoke"

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TEXT

Rick Scott
@SenRickScott
I misspoke this morning in my @FoxNews interview. I was tested yesterday for COVID and tested NEGATIVE.
10:56 AM · Oct 3, 2020

So wonder what the REAL story is.

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

45. well, i can see how someone could make that mistake. sure sure.

oh brother. they cant even tell if they are lying anymore.

[BumRushDaShow]

52. He would be one of the last to admit it

along with someone like Greg Abbott.

[lostnfound]

50. "As test-tube born aliens,my primordial soup brother Voldemort and I do not catch human illness."

That is all.

[BumRushDaShow]

51. Or...

[Hortensis]

38. Now, PLEASE let at least one become seriously, miserably ill,

with serious aftereffects, enough so those eager to have been fooled by them can't miss it.

I'd wish for them all to die because I believe they fully, genuinely deserve it after creating what is, in fact, a holocaust. It'd be a way for them to finally, involuntarily, serve their nation by revealing their lies for what they are.

But, gotta be realistic.

[likesmountains 52]

39. It's Karmageddon!

[malaise]

40. I don't believe the retraction

Who misspeaks about anything like this?

[dalton99a]

43. No shit.

[Poiuyt]

44. My thoughts exactly

[central scrutinizer]

41. We need bingo cards! And soon!

Nfm

[BootinUp]

42. Easy mistake to make. nt

[dalton99a]

46. Negative, positive, same difference

[BootinUp]

48. We are living through a bad comedy movie. nt

[WSHazel]

49. Does anyone believe Rick Scott?

How do you "accidentally" announce that you have Covid when you don't? I don't believe the retraction at all. Rick Scott is the kind of person that would lie about not having Covid if he thought there was something in it for him, like a Supreme Court justice.

The Senate should do all the testing itself going forward. Anyone that refuses a test should be considered positive and have to quarantine.