Rudy Giuliani’s ‘GOP Clown Car Coup’ Traveling Circus Was A Coronavirus Super-Spreader Event

President Donald Trump tweeted on Sunday that his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for the coronavirus, making him the latest in Trump’s inner circle to contract the disease that is now surging across the U.S.

The AP reports, Trump lawyer Giuliani in hospital after positive virus test:

Giuliani was exhibiting some symptoms and was admitted Sunday to Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, according to a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to speak publicly.

The 76-year-old former New York mayor has traveled extensively to battleground states in an effort to help Trump subvert his election loss to Joe Biden. On numerous occasions he has met with officials for hours at a time without wearing a mask.

Trump, who announced Giuliani’s positive test in a Sunday afternoon tweet, wished him a speedy recovery.

“Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!!!” Trump wrote.

Well isn’t that special. Rudy Giuliani and his “GOP Clown Car Coup” traveling circus were in Arizona, Michigan and Georgia this past week during his coronavirus incubation period when one can be asymptomatic but still spread the virus to others.

Giuliani traveled on Monday to Phoenix, where he met with Republican legislators for an hourslong hearing in which he was maskless. The Arizona Republican Party tweeted a photo of Giuliani and several state GOP lawmakers standing shoulder-to-shoulder and maskless (see below). The Arizona legislature announced Sunday, after Giuliani’s diagnosis became public, that it would close for a week out of an abundance of caution “for recent cases and concerns relating to COVID-19.”

On Wednesday night, Giuliani was in Lansing, Michigan, to testify in a highly unusual 4 1/2-hour legislative hearing in which he pushed Republican lawmakers to ignore the certification of Biden’s Michigan victory and appoint electors for Trump. He did not wear a mask, nor did lawyer Jenna Ellis, who was sitting next to him. He asked one of his witnesses, a Detroit election worker, if she would be comfortable removing her mask, but legislators said they could hear her.

Giuliani on Thursday attended a hearing at the Georgia Capitol, where he went without a mask for several hours. Several state senators, all Republicans, also did not wear masks at the hearing.

The Trump campaign later said in a statement that Giuliani tested negative twice before his visits to Arizona, Michigan and Georgia.

“The Mayor did not experience any symptoms or test positive for COVID-19 until more than 48 hours after his return,” according to the statement. “No legislators in any state or members of the press are on the contact tracing list, under current CDC Guidelines.”

Actually they all should be on the contact tracing list and be in self-quarantine.

The Arizona Capitol Times reports, Giuliani COVID-19 diagnosis closes Arizona Legislature:

The Arizona Legislature will be closed all next week after at least 15 current or future Republican legislators may have been directly exposed to COVID-19 by meeting with Rudy Giuliani.

Giuliani visited Arizona this past week as one stop on his traveling legal tour alleging there was widespread fraud in the election. Giuliani and fellow Trump attorney Jenna Ellis talked — unmasked — for roughly 11 hours in the hotel ballroom with several lawmakers.

Rep. Mark Finchem, the leader of the election fraud conspiracy committee, along with Rep. Bret Roberts, Rep. David Cook, Rep. Leo Biasiucci, Sen. Sylvia Allen, Sen. David Gowan, Sen. Sonny Borrelli, Senator-elect Kelly Townsend and Senator-elect Nancy Barto were all part of the panel.

Rep. Anthony Kern, Sen. David Farnsworth, Representative-elect Quang Nguyen, Representative-elect Judy Burges, Representative-elect Brenda Barton and Senator-elect Wendy Rogers were also spotted in attendance as well as potentially others.

The next day, Giuliani visited the state capitol and met with several additional lawmakers, including Gowan, Borrelli, Senate President Karen Fann, Senate Majority Leader Rick Gray, House Speaker Rusty Bowers, House Majority Leader Warren Petersen, Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita and Sen. Vince Leach.

It’s unclear when Giuliani officially tested positive or when he was exposed, but the average incubation period is about a week making it more likely that he was exposed before Arizona, but still possible he was exposed here. Giuliani was swiftly admitted to Georgetown University Medical Center, according to ABC News.

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Several lawmakers who attended the unofficial hearing on Nov. 30 also attended the Legislature’s new member orientation later in the week, potentially exposing even more lawmakers and many state government employees. Nguyen, Burges and Rogers were at both events.

Incoming Republican Rep. Joel John of Buckeye was the lone new Republican to wear a mask through the entire orientation, said he didn’t know some of his new colleagues had been around Giuliani until the Capitol Times called him. He said he’ll continue socially distancing and wearing a mask, and will plan to take a test if he starts experiencing symptoms.

In a Sunday afternoon email sent to all senators and staff and obtained by the Arizona Capitol Times, Senate Chief of staff Wendy Baldo wrote that the Senate will be closed all week “due to COVID-19 concerns and out of an abundance of caution.” At least three interim committee meetings had already been scheduled this week and were expected to proceed in a hybrid format with Republicans and staff in a hearing room and Democrats attending by video; those meetings must be rescheduled remotely according to Baldo’s email.

A House GOP spokesman said the House would follow suit.

Despite this, COVID-deniers and Biden election victory deniers are still planning a so-called “protect the vote” rally today at the Capitol. You should avoid close contact with these Republican legislators. These clowns are a public health threat and a menace to society.

Roberts, Kern and likely others who attended the unofficial hearing Nov. 30 plan to hold a “protect the vote” rally at the Capitol on Dec. 7. “It’s a rally to support the legislature calling for decertification of the election results. Legislators will be there,” Roberts tweeted. Kern posted about the rally after Giuliani’s diagnosis was announced.

Tomorrow, 3 to 5 p.m. Arizona Capitol. @AZGOP @EpochTimes pic.twitter.com/4NpRzQ69gK

— Anthony Kern (@anthonykernAZ) December 6, 2020

Just a reminder to these COVID-denier conspiracy clowns:

Democratic Rep. Arlando Teller has been hospitalized from the virus for several days and is at least the sixth known lawmaker to test positive since March. Sen. Lupe Contreras, D-Avondale, Rep. Joanne Osborne, R-Goodyear, Rep. Lorenzo Sierra, D-Avondale, Rep. Raquel Terán, D-Phoenix and Rep. Andres Cano, D-Tucson all have tested positive for COVID-19. Sierra was hospitalized in Washington, D.C., and was intubated as well before recovering.

Another reminder to these Biden election victory deniers: the legislature cannot decertify the election results. This is a fantasy. Republican House Speaker Rusty Bowers has fully explained this reality to you.

Rudy Giuliani’s positive diagnosis will sideline Trump’s legal team ahead of some important dates — Tuesday’s “safe harbor” date, when all legal challenges and recounts must be resolved, and December 14, when members of the Electoral College meet and cast their votes.

It’s almost over.

UPDATE: The conservative National Review says it well: “Even if the Arizona state legislature wanted to meet this week to vote to reject the certified election results and name its own slate of electors . . . they can’t, because they’re closing for a week because Rudy Giuliani may have exposed the lawmakers to COVID-19. Shakespeare couldn’t write a twist like that.”