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Roland99

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Mon Dec 14, 2020, 12:42 PM Dec 2020

Anyone surprised?? FL elector (and state Senate leader) positive for Covid-19!

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/530088-florida-gop-senate-leader-tests-positive-for-covid-19-ahead-of-electoral

Florida Senate President Wilton Simpson (R) informed Gov. Ron DeSantos (R) that he will not attend Monday's presidential Electoral College vote in Tallahassee, Fla., after he tested positive for the coronavirus.

Simpson wrote in a letter to DeSantis he was "honored" to have been selected as an elector, and that he was looking forward to casting his vote for President Trump and Vice President Pence, who won the state in last month's presidential election.

The state senate president did not publicly note how he was feeling or whether he was symptomatic.
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Anyone surprised?? FL elector (and state Senate leader) positive for Covid-19! (Original Post) Roland99 Dec 2020 OP
I'm only surprised that he will not be attending the EC vote anyway, in spite of his diagnosis. LaMouffette Dec 2020 #1
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