Republican politician waited a week to reveal positive COVID-19 test — while calling for an end to coronavirus lockdown

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• State Rep. Andrew Lewis, a Republican state lawmaker in Pennsylvania, learned that he had COVID-19 on May 20. He waited until May 27 to reveal the news.
• "Out of respect for my family, and those who I may have exposed, I chose to keep my positive case private," he said in a statement.
• While concealing his positive test, Lewis was publicly calling for an end to Pennsylvania's shutdown.
• Democrats responded with outrage. "It is reprehensible that GOP Rep. Andrew Lewis tested positive for coronavirus, yet never bothered to inform his colleagues," Rep. Kevin Boyle tweeted.
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A Republican state lawmaker in Pennsylvania waited more than a week before revealing that he tested positive for COVID-19 — and called for ending the state's shutdown a day after getting the news — angering Democratic colleagues who fear that he may have exposed him to the virus.

"Out of respect for my family, and those who I may have exposed, I chose to keep my positive case private," state Rep. Andrew Lewis said in a statement issued Wednesday. "Now that I have fully recovered and completed the quarantine as required by the Department of Health, I feel now is the appropriate time to share this information with the public."

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