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Georgia Rep. Tests Positive for COVID Days After MAGA Rally

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will also quarantine after speaking alongside Rep. Drew Ferguson at the rally in Manchester.

Rep. Drew Ferguson (R-GA) on Friday announced he’d tested positive for the coronavirus, three days after stumping for President Donald Trump with Gov. Brian Kemp. In a statement, Ferguson said he had cold-like symptoms on Thursday night and took a COVID-19 test the next morning. “While the vast majority of my recent schedule has been virtual, we are beginning the process of reaching out to anyone I have seen in recent days,” Ferguson said, adding that he’d self-quarantine and work from home.

Just before the announcement, a spokesman for Kemp posted on Twitter that the governor and his wife learned Friday that they had been exposed to “an individual who received a positive result for COVID-19” and would also be self-quarantining. Kemp and Ferguson spoke at a Tuesday MAGA event in Manchester meant to counter Joe Biden’s campaign event in Warm Springs.