Pelosi mentions SC’s Norman’s COVID diagnosis a week after he sues over mask mandate
One day after South Carolina Congressman Ralph Norman said he tested positive for COVID-19, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi mentioned him while speaking with the press Friday.
Pelosi was asked whether she would support a vaccine or mask mandate within the halls of Congress.
The California Democrat has required House members to wear a mask on the House floor. That move has sparked backlash from some Republicans, including Norman, R-Rock Hill, who sued Pelosi over the mandate.
“Sadly, one of our colleagues, who is suing me for making people wear masks, which, of course, the District of Columbia says you have to do inside, but nonetheless, he sadly has been diagnosed,” Pelosi said Friday.
Norman, along with Republican House Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, of Georgia, Thomas Massie, of Kentucky, filed a lawsuit in late July against Pelosi over her mask mandate on the House floor.
All three had been fined $500 for not following the rule and later lost their appeals. Norman and his colleagues have since asked a court to find the fines unconstitutional.
“Government-imposed mask mandates represent a harmful combination of virtue signaling and unjustified fear,” Norman tweeted last week.
On Thursday, Norman announced he tested positive for COVID-19 and was experiencing “minor” symptoms.
The congressman said he would quarantine for 10 days before resuming normal activity.
This story was originally published August 6, 2021 at 12:16 PM.
