Iowa

icwlmuscyia

(296 posts) Tue Nov 17, 2020, 09:13 PM Nov 2020

Grassley tests positive for Covid

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/chuck-grassley-second-oldest-senator-tests-positive-covid-19-n1248059

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Grassley tests positive for Covid (Original Post) icwlmuscyia Nov 2020 OP

How many 87 year olds survive covid-19, just sayin'. Meadowoak Nov 2020 #1

Some but they may have been decent human beings. dem4decades Nov 2020 #2

My 85 yr old uncle died from it while my 82 yr old aunt lived. progressoid Nov 2020 #11

Only last month: Grassley Refuses to Get Tested no_hypocrisy Nov 2020 #3

I really don't care, do you? Meadowoak Nov 2020 #4

nope n/t handmade34 Nov 2020 #5

Another stupid bastard CentralMass Nov 2020 #6

So, when old Chuck dies, is that going to be a special election? Or does the Governor appoint Meadowoak Nov 2020 #7

honestly not sure. I am sure someone will tell us soon. icwlmuscyia Nov 2020 #9

Corrected headline: lastlib Nov 2020 #8

excellent points icwlmuscyia Nov 2020 #10

If an Iowa senator dies in office then the governor SharonClark Nov 2020 #12

Meadowoak

(6,606 posts)

1. How many 87 year olds survive covid-19, just sayin'.

Reply to icwlmuscyia (Original post)

Tue Nov 17, 2020, 09:20 PM

Nov 2020

dem4decades

(14,381 posts)

2. Some but they may have been decent human beings.

Reply to Meadowoak (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 17, 2020, 09:23 PM

Nov 2020

progressoid

(53,379 posts)

11. My 85 yr old uncle died from it while my 82 yr old aunt lived.

Reply to Meadowoak (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 17, 2020, 10:47 PM

Nov 2020

Comorbidities notwithstanding this virus is still a mystery.

no_hypocrisy

(55,380 posts)

3. Only last month: Grassley Refuses to Get Tested

Reply to icwlmuscyia (Original post)

Tue Nov 17, 2020, 09:24 PM

Nov 2020

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) will not be tested for the coronavirus, despite attending a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting with a fellow senator who later tested positive for the virus.

https://politicalwire.com/2020/10/03/grassley-refuses-to-get-tested/

Meadowoak

(6,606 posts)

4. I really don't care, do you?

Reply to icwlmuscyia (Original post)

Tue Nov 17, 2020, 09:27 PM

Nov 2020

handmade34

(24,056 posts)

5. nope n/t

Reply to Meadowoak (Reply #4)

Tue Nov 17, 2020, 09:29 PM

Nov 2020

CentralMass

(16,994 posts)

6. Another stupid bastard

Reply to icwlmuscyia (Original post)

Tue Nov 17, 2020, 09:37 PM

Nov 2020

Meadowoak

(6,606 posts)

7. So, when old Chuck dies, is that going to be a special election? Or does the Governor appoint

Reply to icwlmuscyia (Original post)

Tue Nov 17, 2020, 09:51 PM

Nov 2020

Someone to his seat?

icwlmuscyia

(296 posts)

9. honestly not sure. I am sure someone will tell us soon.

Reply to Meadowoak (Reply #7)

Tue Nov 17, 2020, 10:10 PM

Nov 2020

lastlib

(28,609 posts)

8. Corrected headline:

Reply to icwlmuscyia (Original post)

Tue Nov 17, 2020, 10:04 PM

Nov 2020

"Covid Tests Positive For Grassley"

We need to be straight about which is the disease......

icwlmuscyia

(296 posts)

10. excellent points

Reply to lastlib (Reply #8)

Tue Nov 17, 2020, 10:10 PM

Nov 2020

SharonClark

(10,497 posts)

12. If an Iowa senator dies in office then the governor

Reply to icwlmuscyia (Original post)

Tue Nov 17, 2020, 11:06 PM

Nov 2020

appoints a temporary replacement until the next general election when the winning candidate would complete the rest of the term.

Be careful what you ask for because if Grassley dies the the person who replaces him would have the “incumbency” edge.

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