GOP Sen. Ron Johnson Went to Oktoberfest Party After Testing Positive for COVID-19

[Mrs. Overall]

Source: The Daily Beast

He insists he stayed 12 feet away from guests and only took his mask off when it was time to address the crowd.

U.S. Senator Ron Johnson tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. But, after finding out he had the virus, which has killed more than 220,000 Americans to date, the Wisconsin Republican still chose to attend an Oktoberfest fundraising dinner that evening.

Johnson, who didn’t reveal his diagnosis until Saturday, justified his behavior in comments to the Madison, Wisconsin Capital Times by saying he only took his mask off when it was time to address the crowd. He also insisted that he was “at least 12 feet from anybody” during his speech at the event, which was sponsored by the Ozaukee County Republican Party. It was held at the River Club of Mequon, a self-described “casually elegant private club committed to personal service.”

“I feel fine, I feel completely normal,” he said in a conference call with reporters, adding that he didn’t “stick around” to mingle at the dinner.

Attendees paid from $40 for a single ticket to $500 for “gold host” status, which included two meal tickets, priority seating, and “special host recognition.” Former Wisconsin attorney general Brad Schimel was the evening’s featured guest, according to an invitation on the Ozaukee County Republican Party’s Facebook page.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-sen-ron-johnson-went-to-oktoberfest-party-after-testing-positive-for-covid-19

[BlueNProud]

1. I just read this article. His douchebaggery is stunning

surely this hurts him at the polls right?

[Bengus81]

2. That POS should be locked up...........

[LisaL]

3. He is not a 20 year old frat boy.

He should be able to figure out that after testing positive for covid he shouldn't be going to parties.

[brewens]

4. "Gold Host" tickets? I hope they got what they paid for if they love that bastard so much! n/t

[Eugene]

5. 🤦🏿‍♂️ Johnson touts personal responsibility even after engaging in criminally selfish behavior.

After testing positive for COVID-19, Ron Johnson says he's still against mask mandates

https://madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/after-testing-positive-for-covid-19-ron-johnson-says-hes-still-against-mask-mandates/article_779c1b9f-e725-55cf-944c-03122be174e7.html

[DinahMoeHum]

6. Fucking Asshole.

No cure for stupid with that one.

[CaptYossarian]

11. He beat a Rhodes Scholar in 2010, the Year of the Teabilly.

[liberalla]

7. "casually elegant private club committed to personal service." ? ? ? WTH is that?

That description sure sounds like an expensive brothel or sex club...

[klook]

10. "May I top off your flagon of pauper's blood, sir?"

"Our dessert tray this evening features a rare Amedei Porcelana chocolate torte, coated with 24-karat edible gold flakes and nestled in an arrangement fashioned from the wings of soon-to-be-extinct birds and insects, sprinkled with liberal tears."

[Evolve Dammit]

22. nicely said!

[klook]

29. Thanks.

Rage can be inspirational.

[IronLionZion]

27. Sounds like QAnon type stuff

with satan worshiping pedophiles

[moriah]

8. If GOP donors needed to know how much the GOP values them....

Trump's fundraiser and then this one should be clues that the only thing they value are the dollars.

[3catwoman3]

9. And they could have had Russ Feingold instead...

...of this asshat.

[TheRealNorth]

17. RJ got a big boost from the Russians, like Trump

for obvious reasons.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

12. Sharing the love

[NBachers]

13. There gotta be pictures that disprove his 12 foot radius statement. That's a 24 foot diameter circle

[benfranklin1776]

14. Time to start criminally charging these psychopaths.

Reckless endangerment and causing or risking a catastrophe for starters; and if anyone dies as a result, then third degree murder which requires a showing of depraved indifference which about sums up the mindset of the entire trump death cult 🤬

[Kitchari]

26. Depraved

So depraved - all of them in Trump's circle

[iluvtennis]

15. WTF...what is wrong with these rethuglicans...don't care about anyone but themselves. nt

[Miguelito Loveless]

16. These people literally don't see the rest of us as anything other than a source of money

[orleans]

18. whoah -- beast update

"Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect that Sen. Ron Johnson was still awaiting the results of his COVID-19 test when he attended the Oktoberfest. He says he got the result that he was positive afterward."

sooooo

this just goes to show ya that even tho you *think* you might have the covid, and even tho you went and got a test for the covid--it's okay to go out, be around other people, and in crowds just as long as you don't have the test results back yet

[liberalla]

21. well then, that makes everything OK! :)

I feel much better now...

[Talitha]

19. Quick Ron, fly back to Moscow and give Putin a big wet one right on the lips!

Slip him the tongue, too... you KNOW you want to.

[BumRushDaShow]

20. I had read that he had JUST come out of a 2 week quarantine due to a previous exposure

when this one happened (where he was supposedly still under that earlier quarantine and thus could not attend the super-spreader Rose Garden event). It makes you wonder if he really DID "quarantine" the previous time or was merely bullshitting about that.

[Evolve Dammit]

23. This is their arrogance exemplified. Unfit for office. Period.

[Escurumbele]

24. That should be classified as "attempted murder"

He can potentially murder someone by infecting them with the virus.

I am not a lawyer, but that should have consequences for that jackass.

[pat_k]

30. +1

There must be some consequential charge that fits knowingly exposing others.

Without consequences, imbeciles like Johnson will just keep putting others at lethal risk.

"I feel completely normal."

If normal for him is zero conscience, zero reasoning, and 100% self-aggrandizement and greed-motivated conduct, I suppose he's right. He's "normal."

Do you think he could possibly harbor the insane notion that his feeling "normal" somehow protects the people he infected from dying? Or does he just not give a shit about anything beyond his own "feeling fine"? (I'll go with the latter.)

[Matt Finnish]

25. Rumor has it Ron Johnson might be retiring when his term is up in 2024

Rumor has it Ron Johnson might be retiring when his term is up in 2022. Maybe we can talk Russ Feingold Our Rhodes Scholar (a real one) to run again. He served 3 terms.

[IronLionZion]

28. Did he go to Rhodes College in Tennessee like Amy Coney Barrett?

That's the type of Rhodes scholar we need.

[Jimbo S]

31. Tried that four years ago

Inside scoop told me Feingold's 2016 campaign was poorly run. I think that ship has sailed. I was thinking the other day who could run in 2022 and no one obvious came to mind.