Skip to main content Currently Reading Rep. Pramila Jayapal tests positive for coronavirus after blasting GOP lawmakers who refused to mask up in lockdown Teo Armus, The Washington Post Jan. 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., tested positive for the coronavirus, she said late on Monday.Washington Post photo by Salwan Georges. WASHINGTON - After a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol last week, forcing Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., to take shelter in a crowded committee room, she began preparing for the worst. Many of the GOP members of Congress hiding out with her were not wearing masks, she said, and had refused to accept them from a colleague. So, soon after Congress affirmed President-elect Joe Biden's electoral victory later that night, she began to quarantine, fearing she could have contracted the coronavirus.