Devin Nunes, prominent Trump ally, says he had COVID-19 antibodies

[December 12, 2020]  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Devin Nunes, an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, told a California radio station on Friday that he had tested positive for antibodies of COVID-19, indicating that he had the virus earlier this year.

Aside from Nunes, a California Republican who has served as chairman of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, at least 22 Republican and 11 Democratic members of Congress have tested positive, or were presumed to have had COVID-19, this year.

They include:

Representative Mike Bost, 59, Republican from Illinois

Representative Cheri Bustos, 59, Democrat from Illinois

Representative Salud Carbajal, 56, Democrat from California

Senator Bob Casey, 60, Democrat from Pennsylvania

Senator Bill Cassidy, 63, Republican from Louisiana

Representative Joe Cunningham, 38, Democrat from South Carolina

Representative Rodney Davis, 50, Republican from Illinois

Representative Mario Diaz-Balart, 59, Republican from Florida

Representative Neal Dunn, 67, Republican from Florida

Representative Drew Ferguson, 54, Republican from Georgia

Representative Louie Gohmert, 67, Republican from Texas

Representative Morgan Griffith, 62, Republican from Virginia

Senator Chuck Grassley, 87, Republican from Iowa

Representative Raul Grijalva, 72, Democrat from Arizona

Representative Jahana Hayes, 47, Democrat from Connecticut

Representative Bill Huizenga, 51, Republican from Michigan

Senator Tim Kaine, 62, Democrat from Virginia

Representative Mike Kelly, 72, Republican from Pennsylvania

U.S. Representative Devin Nunes (R-CA) and ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, speaks during an impeachment inquiry hearing in Washington, U.S., November 21, 2019. Andrew Harrer/Pool via REUTERS

Senator Ron Johnson, 65, Republican from Wisconsin

Representative Doug Lamborn, 66, Republican from Colorado

Senator Mike Lee, 49, Republican from Utah

Representative Ben McAdams, 46, Democrat from Utah

Representative Dan Meuser, 56, Republican from Pennsylvania

Representative Seth Moulton, 42, Democrat from Massachusetts

Representative Dan Newhouse, 65, Republican from Washington

Senator Rand Paul, 57, Republican from Kentucky

Representative Ed Perlmutter, 67, Democrat from Colorado

Representative Tom Rice, 63, Republican from South Carolina

Senator Rick Scott, 68, Republican from Florida

Senator Thom Tillis, 60, Republican from North Carolina

Representative Nydia Velazquez, 67, Democrat from New York

Representative Tim Walberg, 69, Republican from Michigan

Representative Don Young, 87, Republican from Alaska

(Compiled by David Morgan, Susan Cornwell and Patricia Zengerle; editing by Andy Sullivan and Alistair Bell)

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