ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The State Senate majority leader, Paul Gazelka, accused his critics of politicizing new COVID outbreaks among Senate Republicans. Gazelka, R-East Gull Lake, tweeted “It’s time to stop blaming us and politicizing this.” There have been calls for Gazelka to resign for notifying Republicans but not Democrats to possible exposure from GOP senators at the Legislature’s special session last week. His latest response: “The deliberate choice to use a COVID diagnosis as a political tool to blame just Republicans when community spread is uncontrolled is indicative of failed leadership looking for a scapegoat.”
Gazelka. Accuses Democrats of scapegoating.
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Representative Fue Lee, D-Minneapolis
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Representative Rena Moran, St. Paul