GOP Rep. Tom Rice, who announced today he and his family were diagnosed with covid-19 last week, wasn't wearing a mask on House floor when chamber was in session on May 28. I asked him why not, and he told me then: “I'm socially distancing. I'm staying six feet away from folks.”

Rice also said: “I do wear it sometimes on the floor. Asked about asymptomatic spread: “I make an effort to .. stay six feet away away from folks in accordance with guidelines. And when I'm forced into a situation where I can't do that -- like on a plane -- I do wear a mask."

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 15, 2020

Rice was one of a decent amount of Republicans who weren’t wearing masks on the floor that day. While most on both sides were wearing masks, a group of them weren’t. Here’s what some of them said about it: https://t.co/CBGnz4FNna

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 15, 2020