GOP senators who traveled with Pence won't get tested as broader debate continues

Two GOP senators — Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst — who traveled with VP Pence after it was discovered Pence's press secretary has coronavirus say they haven't been tested for the virus and don't plan to get tested

Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, who is 86, said he is relying on the public comments from Pence's doctor that the vice president does not have the virus as the reason he is not being tested and is not self-quarantining.Grassley was asked why he hadn't sought out testing to ensure he is healthy, something that could protect his staff and other people near him.

Their flight was delayed for more than an hour as news spread of press secretary Katie Miller's positive coronavirus test and then several Pence aides who had been in contact other Miller disembarked and did not travel to Iowa.

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