GOP staffers required to come to work in person but their bosses aren't taking COVID-19 precautions
Congressional Republican staffers said they're being forced to come to work in person but their bosses are not taking the necessary precautions to protect them against coronavirus.
Several aides to Congress members and other Capitol workers revealed to Politico anonymously that they have been derided for wearing masks, not allowed adequate quarantine periods, provided no or very slow testing, and are in fear of retaliation if critical of work practices.
"I work in a Republican House office and while we're not encouraged to not wear a mask, we are essentially required to work in the office," one House Republican staffer told Politico. "We worked from home for a couple days when one of my coworkers was potentially exposed to Covid, but even then, many of my colleagues kept working in the office. We were told to report to work as normal even before the test came back negative because the results were taking too long. I was left feeling guilty for teleworking even though I have an underlying health condition."
"Ridiculing people for wearing masks is also not uncommon," an aide of a Republican congress member who previously had COVID-19 said to Politico. "I think you'd find a lot of offices in the anti-mask brigade are forcing staff to report to work even if they have legitimate concerns about their health. I'm sure you also [could] find some are having staff … travel to districts in high risk areas and then not providing for quarantine afterwards."
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