Grassley Immediately Quarantines After Learning Of COVID-19 Exposure | Talking Points Memo

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), 87, on Tuesday learned that he had been “exposed to the coronavirus” and will “immediately quarantine” as he awaits his test results.


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Maybe Theresa Greenfield will get another shot at a Senate seat.

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Hard to imagine he hasn’t been exposed to the virus multiple times already. Good luck, Chuck.

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Mitch wants to confirm someone to the Federal Reserve Board this week but appears to be running out of Senators to do so.

ETA: He wants to binge confirm judges as well.

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Part of the hazard the “Let’s play in traffic” party runs.

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I’m sure those two GA senators will be happy to take a break from the campaign trail and trundle on off to DC for this. When is Marc Kelly sworn in?

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Why would Grassley quarantine because of a hoax virus? :thinking: Strange…

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No further comment.

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DiFi was running around the corridors without a mask on this morning, too. I like DiFi. I’ve voted for her (when I lived in CA) and I remember her courage in dealing with the Harvey Milk shooting. But it’s time for her and Grassley to retire.

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Yeah, she’s done some odd stuff. The kissyface with Graham made me wonder how much of the big picture she’s seeing these days.

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Also Ted Cruz:

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Chuck’s up in 2022. I have not heard anything on whether he intends to retire, probably because he doesn’t. DiFi isn’t up again until 2024. I expect she’ll bow out if she makes it that far.

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After all, Ted Cruz is an expert on fake virtue and being a complete ass.

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Hey, Who knows? This could be Grassley’s last Thanksgiving.

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He’s just taking a couple weeks away from the rat race.

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There are very few elderly that I would wish this disease to strike. I hope Grassley doesn’t get it. Yeah, he’s old and can be quite cantankerous, but there is a slight charm to that irascibility.

Some of you may have noticed that I can “occasionally” be a tad irascible. :wink: I guess I can’t help it if I find a little joy and a strange affirmation, maybe along with some schadenfreude, when Chuck gets his dander up a bit. So I wish him well.

I swear I have never screamed “GET OFF MY LAWN!” at any of the neighborhood kids. :wink:

If you look at it another way…67 Senators are needed to convict an impeached presidon’t, so if Trumplethinskin and Ajax the Ignorable continue their shtick, they might make the presidon’t numerically conviction-proof in the Senate.

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C’mon Chuck … haven’t you heard - Dr. Scott Atlas has plans for people your age …

Dr. Atlas Urges People To Spend Thanksgiving With Elderly Despite COVID Because They May Die Soon

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A message from the Republican Death Cult:

“This Thanksgiving, maybe Grandma’s last, give her a big hug, ensuring it. Also, eat a lot of Thanksgiving vittles, the new Zyklon-B”.

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…but there is a slight charm to that irascibility.

Yeah, he’s about as appealing as a charming old blind, snapping Chihuahua.

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