Texas Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick’s campaign revealed Monday that he had tested positive for COVID-19 last week but “continues working from home and will return to a public schedule by the end of the week.”
Patrick is reportedly experiencing mild symptoms, but has subsequently tested negative. He is now in self-quarantine in his Houston home. Though vaccinated, Patrick has frequently criticized the federal government’s mandates and encouraged “others to do their own research” about immunization.
In the lead up to the holiday season, Patrick lashed out at President Joe Biden and Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci for cautionary attitudes towards large gatherings.
“Fauci, Biden the Grinch, and their leftist subjects, who want to replace Christ with government, want to stop you from celebrating Christmas. Don’t listen to them. Christ’s birth gives us all everlasting hope. No one should come between families gathering on Christmas,” Patrick tweeted on Dec. 23.
