GOP Maine Lawmaker Who Dismissed Vaccines and Masks Appears to Have COVID Along With Wife
State Rep. Chris A. Johansen, a Republican lawmaker in the Maine House of Representatives, and his wife have reportedly contracted COVID-19. Johansen has, in the past, dismissed the severity of the ongoing pandemic and joined other Maine Republicans in flouting mask rules.
Johansen was apparently cagey about his condition when contacted by the local Portland Press Herald, saying only that "he wasn't feeling well" and hanging up before he could be pressed for an elaboration. But Crash Barry, a writer for the left-leaning news outlet Mainer, tweeted a snippet of a phone call with a man sounding like Johansen saying, "Listen up, I've got COVID and I'm really, really sick and I just don't have time to talk to you today."
Newsweek reached out to Johansen's office to confirm this report and get a comment but has not heard back at this time.
The GOP lawmaker's wife, Cindy Johansen, confirmed her COVID-19 diagnosis separately in a Facebook post. In the post, she claims to have passed out in her garage and that her "legs were like rubber" at one point. She is considered to be at higher risk for hospitalization with COVID due to her asthma.
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public figures would have gotten secretly vaccinated some time ago. 
