Lindsey Graham was at a party.....

[brooklynite]

Graham Was at Party on Manchin’s House Boat

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) entertained a small group of senators on his houseboat this weekend and Sen. Lindsey Graham — who has now tested positive for Covid-19 — was in attendance, CNN reports.

Manchin’s office declined to comment on the other senators on his boat.

https://politicalwire.com/2021/08/02/graham-was-at-party-on-manchins-house-boat/

[LisaL]

1. Let the testing begin.

NT

[TheBlackAdder]

32. Ew! Brain bleach!

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[Champp]

2. Manchin's Luxury Love Boat

Declines to say who else was "on board"

[brooklynite]

9. Are you suggesting Manchin supports Trump?

Otherwise the graphic is uncalled for.

[Champp]

10. I'm pointing out that he parties with Trump's main enablers

And a batch of freaking MYSTERY GUESTS

[AZSkiffyGeek]

16. So, yes - you are calling a Democrat a Trump supporter

Why else would you post a picture of a Trump flag?
Just own the fact that you're bashing Dems.

[Rustyeye77]

17. I don't know if hes a supporter...

but he not like any democrat I know.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

19. Why are people so damn set on branding him a Republican?

He's voted with Biden more than Bernie and the Squad. No he's not far left, but he's been more loyal to the party than the group who are endorsing the Stein supporter who called Biden a bowl of shit.

Yet here we are, someone posting a picture of a boat with a Trump flag and saying Manchin LOL!!!
And someone else saying, there was booze, I bet Sinema was there!

What the fuck is wrong with this place?

Just rather insult Democrats than show an ounce of sympathy to the large number of Democrats exposed to COVID by Graham.

And that's not getting into the people wishing death on Graham....

[Rustyeye77]

34. Chill out

[TheBlackAdder]

36. Rumor is that it was Rupert Murdoch's yacht.

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For context: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rupert-murdoch-funded-fox-corp-pac-contributes-to-democrat-joe-manchin-s-campaign/ar-AAMco3q

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[AZSkiffyGeek]

38. No mention of a yacht at your link

Better source of the rumor?

[TheBlackAdder]

43. r/woooosh

[applegrove]

3. Have they already voted on the bi-partisan infrastructure deal? Please

tell me yes.

[LisaL]

7. Nope.

They haven't yet voted.

[dweller]

4. Let's see the guest list

including non-pols …
🤔

✌🏻

[Nevilledog]

15. 👇

Link to tweet

Tweet text:
Angry Staffer
@Angry_Staffer
Sen. Kelly
San. Cortez-Masto
Sen. Thune
Sen. Graham - Covid positive
Sen. Coons

All on Manchin’s boat this weekend.

Manu Raju
@mkraju
Sen. Joe Manchin entertained a small group of senators on his houseboat this weekend -- and Sen. Lindsey Graham was in attendance, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

Manchin's office declined to comment on the attendance on his boat.
2:48 PM · Aug 2, 2021

[paleotn]

29. Most of that crowd is probably vaccinated.

Can't speak for Thune, however.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

39. He may not admit it, but he probably is as well.

Graham probably wouldn't have mentioned it had he not tested positive.

[LeftInTX]

44. There was an old pic of him getting vaccinated floating around

I'm sure they all are except Rand Paul.

[In_The_Wind]

5. Learn to party while wearing a mask.

[JoanofArgh]

6. There was drinkin' going on. Wonder if Sinema was there.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

14. Calling her an alcoholic there?

She wasn't there, FYI, but Mark Kelly was.

[JoanofArgh]

21. Graham's the drinker. Don't know about Sinema.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

28. So why mention her? nt

[JoanofArgh]

31. Isn't she in the bipartisan group? Jesus fucking christ , is this an inquisition? Who cares?

[paleotn]

33. Touchy?

Why the near constant apologetics?

[AZSkiffyGeek]

40. Because we should be better than Republicans

Just because someone else is an asshole doesn't mean we should act that way. And the fact that it's just baldly excepted that insulting Sinema and Manchin is perfectly okay despite rules that CLEARLY state it isn't bugs me.

I mean here we have an article about Lindsay Graham, and it's been twisted into insults against Manchin and Sinema (who wasn't even there!).

Jeez...

[paleotn]

49. Yep. Touchy.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

50. And yet you still reply...

[paleotn]

35. Now that's a huge stretch.

Is she a close relative or something?

[Rustyeye77]

18. Bwahaha

She doesnt seem like the party type...i could be wrong.

[JoanofArgh]

8. Manchin went unmasked in the studio with Jake Tapper yesterday. Gonna be a lot of testing going on.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

20. Manchin announced he tested negative.

[LisaL]

23. Takes 4-5 days for a test to turn positive.

NT

[AZSkiffyGeek]

30. Okay Dr Fauci nt

[BumRushDaShow]

37. On CDC's site

Transmission

The onset and duration of viral shedding and the period of infectiousness for COVID-19 are not yet known with certainty. Based on current evidence, scientists believe that persons with mild to moderate COVID-19 may shed replication-competent SARS-CoV-2 for up to 10 days following symptom onset, while a small fraction of persons with severe COVID-19, including immunocompromised persons, may shed replication-competent virus for up to 20 days. It is possible that SARS-CoV-2 RNA may be detectable in the upper or lower respiratory tract for weeks after illness onset, similar to infections with MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV. However, detection of viral RNA does not necessarily mean that infectious virus is present. Based on existing literature, the incubation period (the time from exposure to development of symptoms) of SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses (e.g., MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV) ranges from 2–14 days.

All of those who were exposed to him will probably have to do several days of testing over that 2 week period (although I have been seeing more use of a "10 day" criteria) to confirm either way. The PCR takes way longer to get results from, so any "fast" test probably wouldn't be enough early on due to being less sensitive, although a positive on one of those would (outside of potential false positives) probably be pretty definitive but would still do better to be confirmed with a full PCR.

[Meowmee]

11. People need to comprehend

That a vaccine is not a magic forcefield. Wear your masks.

[2naSalit]

12. +1

[Etherealoc1]

13. Ugh, so repulsive even Covid had to expose the farce

[mountain grammy]

22. ain't that the sad truth..

[Patterson]

24. Is Mark Kelly a right-leaner?

[AZSkiffyGeek]

41. He's a centrist but he's smart enough to keep his mouth shut

And not engage in stupid theatrics or miss votes

[DFW]

42. No.

He follows the moderate line of his wife, Gabby. He is also a freshman Senator, learning the ropes and connections in DC, and who has to face a re-election campaign in Arizona again in 2022, since he won a special election last year. He is one of us, but he has to watch where he treads. The Republicans see him as a prime target to knock off next year. As a former astronaut, they won't have an easy time of it, but as we have seen, Arizona isn't against allowing Republican machinations when an election produces a result that Republicans don't like.

[Marcuse]

25. Graham said he was vaccinated. Assuming all the Dems are VXd this could affect the balance of power.

[LanternWaste]

26. I'm guessing Graham, as sanctimonious as he is...

isn't yet quite self-righteous enough to brag about going to the party though. Seems even he knows how to maintain humility when failing to do so would hurt his standing.

[Doremus]

27. Manchin hangs out with Graham? Explains a lot. nt

[LeftInTX]

45. It's called The Infrastructure Bill

[DemocratSinceBirth]

46. I'm impressed he has a houseboat.

[tavernier]

48. He can invite whomever he wants. I'm not

overly concerned about Covid. Considering some on his guest list though, I do wonder about fleas.