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Is It Finally Time for Republicans to Cut the Crap?

President Trump leaves the White House for Walter Reed medical center on Friday.Sarah Silbiger/CNP via ZUMA

For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.As of this writing, here’s the list of people who have contracted COVID-19 in the outbreak among DC politicians:
Donald Trump
Melania Trump
Hope Hicks
Sen. Thom Tillis
Sen. Ron Johnson
Sen. Mike Lee
Chris Christie
White House staffer
Another White House staffer
One reporter
Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president
Ronna McDaniel, chair of the RNC
Fr. John Jenkins, president of Notre Dame
Bill Stepien, Trump campaign manager
It’s inevitable that eventually some Democrat will report testing positive for the coronavirus, but it’s striking that so far it’s 12 Republicans out of 14 cases (plus two unknowns who attended the announcement ceremony for Amy Coney Barrett). Doesn’t this have to be a wakeup call for Republicans? As a matter of pure self-preservation, don’t they have to cut the crap and start urging everyone to wear masks and maintain social distancing? We’ll find out, I guess.