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In this file photo, U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) at a press conference for the introduction of the Zero Waste Act in Congress on July 25, 2019 at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Haaland to lead the Interior Department. (Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA/TNS)
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President-Elect Joe Biden’s transition team announced on Thursday that a congressman tapped this week to serve in the administration has tested positive for COVID-19.
Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., who will serve as a senior adviser to President-elect Joe Biden in the White House Office of Public Engagement, was confirmed positive on Thursday – but Biden’s team says he was not in close contact with the president-elect even though the pair both rallied for Democrats campaigning in the Georgia runoff races this week.
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Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., who will serve as a senior adviser to President-elect Joe Biden in the White House Office of Public Engagement, was confirmed positive on Thursday – but Biden’s team says he was not in close contact with the president-elect even though the pair both rallied for Democrats campaigning in the Georgia runoff races this week.
“Richmond’s interactions with the President-elect happened in open air, were masked and totaled less than 15 consecutive minutes, the CDC’s timeframe for close contact,” Biden’s team said. “Richmond traveled to Georgia on his own and not with the President-elect.”
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Richmond, 47, was long seen as a favorite for a top job under Biden. He was a prominent early backer of Biden s presidential bid, signing on as a national co-chair of the campaign in May 2019, and he barnstormed the country to promote Biden even when the former vice president s chances appeared to be slipping away early in the Democratic primaries. Richmond now co-chairs Biden s transition team.
Nonetheless, Richmond described leaving the 2nd Congressional District seat for a White House job as one of the hardest decisions I ve made in my life. He said he thought the post advising the president would let him better use his influence to help Louisiana and the country.