{"id":1145597,"date":"2021-12-23T09:19:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T14:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1145597"},"modified":"2021-12-23T09:19:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T14:19:12","slug":"jim-clyburn-third-ranking-house-democrat-tests-positive-for-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-clyburn-third-ranking-house-democrat-tests-positive-for-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Clyburn, Third-Ranking House Democrat, Tests Positive For COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjim-clyburn-third-ranking-house-democrat-tests-positive-for-covid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1145597&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn announced late Wednesday that he had tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight, I received a positive COVID-19 diagnosis. This is a breakthrough case, and I am asymptomatic,\u201d Clyburn <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhipClyburn\/status\/1473822433119453187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>. \u201cAmerica is in a new phase of this pandemic. No one is immune. I urge anyone who has not done so to protect themselves by getting vaccinated and boosted.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tonight, I received a positive COVID-19 diagnosis. This is a breakthrough case, and I am asymptomatic.<\/p>\n<p>America is in a new phase of this pandemic. No one is immune.<\/p>\n<p>I urge anyone who has not done so to protect themselves by getting vaccinated and boosted.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qWzFOT5BC6\">https:\/\/t.co\/qWzFOT5BC6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James E. Clyburn (@WhipClyburn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhipClyburn\/status\/1473822433119453187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Clyburn was with President Joe Biden on Sunday when the president gave the commencement address at South Carolina State University, Clyburn\u2019s alma mater. The president was also exposed to the virus after an <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/20\/jen-psaki-mid-level-staff-member-close-contact-joe-biden-tests-positive-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">aide in contact with him tested positive<\/a>, but the White House announced Wednesday that a PCR test Biden took had come back negative.<\/p>\n<p>Clyburn, 81 and the no. 3 Democrat in the House, is just the latest lawmaker to test positive. In the past week Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker and Reps. Antonio Delgado, Barbara Lee, Nicole Malliotakis, Jason Crow and Matt Cartwright said that they had tested positive, though their cases were all mild or asymptomatic, which they credited to being vaccinated. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/22\/covid-19-congress-barbara-lee-nicole-malliotakis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: COVID Comes For Congress, Again)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Governors <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/20\/larry-hogan-test-positive-covid-19-vaccine-breakthrough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Larry Hogan<\/a> of Maryland and Tim Walz of Minnesota have also tested positive in the past week, with their results coming as the Omicron variant became the dominant strain in the United States, spiking cases across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn announced late Wednesday that he had tested positive for COVID-19.\u201cTonight, I received a positive COVID-19 diagnosis. 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