GOP official on testing positive for COVID-19 after White House party: ‘I didn’t listen to the warnings’ | TheHill

Tom Mountain, the vice chairman of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee, was hospitalized and almost put on a ventilator just a few days after attending the event, one of the 25 holiday parties thrown at the White House this month, according to The Washington Post.

“Lets put it this way: When I went down to Washington, D.C., for the White House Hanukkah event, I was perfectly fine,” Mountain told told WJAR. “And three days later after that event, I was in the hospital … ready to be put on a lifesaving ventilator.”

Source: GOP official on testing positive for COVID-19 after White House party: ‘I didn’t listen to the warnings’ | TheHill