Rep. Moore's Return to Support Pelosi May Have Spread COVID, Members Charge

Nancy Pelosi needed every one of her fellow House Democrats Sunday to reach the magic "216" votes and thus win a fourth term as speaker.

But a number of increasingly angry Republican members of the House feel she went too far in securing the appearance of Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis., six days after she announced she tested positive for COVID-19.

"A ten-day quarantine is the guideline, but she was here only six days into her quarantine," Rep. Billy Long, R-Mo, told Newsmax. "So she was on the floor exposing all of us to COVID on Sunday."

Long added that everyone who was on her flight from Wisconsin to Washington, D.C., "needs to be notified [about her condition] and the airline should never have let her on."

Long contrasted Moore's sudden decision Friday to break her quarantine and come to Washington for the vote for speaker two days later with that of freshman Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., who tested positive on Friday and promptly canceled plans to attend the Sunday vote so she could quarantine.

Long and other Republicans feel Moore may be responsible for Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, testing positive for COVID-19 following the Sunday session. Granger, ranking Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, received the first round of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine last month, but a second dose is needed for a patient to be vaccinated.

Overseas, the violation of coronavirus rules is taken a bit more seriously. On Monday, Scottish Member of Parliament Margaret Ferrier was arrested and charged with "alleged culpable and reckless conduct" for taking a train in September after testing positive for COVID-19.

Ferrier apologized for her actions but she has been suspended from the Scottish National Party and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has urged her to resign as an MP.

John Gizzi is chief political columnist and White House correspondent for Newsmax. For more of his reports, Go Here Now.