President Donald Trump on Wednesday summoned Republican members of the state legislature to the White House after a GOP hearing in Gettysburg in which Trump reasserted his false claim that he “won Pennsylvania by a lot.”

But on Thursday, no one wanted to talk about the meeting.

Perhaps this is why: A source familiar with the meeting told the Associated Press on Sunday that state Sen. Doug Mastriano abruptly exited after being informed he had tested positive for the coronavirus.

Mastriano had not commented on the AP story as of 7:30 p.m. Sunday.

The senator has been an outspoken critic of Gov. Tom Wolf's mitigation strategies aimed at slowing the spread of the virus. He also helped organize the Wednesday event in Gettysburg, and did not wear a mask.

Mastriano is an ardent Trump supporter, and the president has returned the love. Here's the latest exchange, over a dispute with Twitter.

THE CONTEXT: A number of Republican lawmakers have refused to wear face masks or social distance on the floor or during committee meetings in the Capitol, prompting a Democrat earlier this month to file a formal complaint.

If Mastriano indeed tested positive, he would be the sixth known lawmaker to contract the virus, and the third in the past week and a half.

Democrats have criticized the Republican members who continue to help Trump's campaign peddle false allegations of widespread voter fraud, arguing their time would be better spent focused on the mushrooming pandemic.

As of Sunday, there were 4,405 people hospitalized in Pennsylvania as a result of the disease, nearly 2,000 more than peak hospitalizations from the spring. The number of deaths, the last lagging indicator, have risen as well.

State and federal health officials fear a "surge upon a surge" as a result of the Thanksgiving holiday, just in time for more holidays in December.

“A lot of people have looked for a way to cope, get through the day.”

— Bobby Clarke, a Center City Philadelphia bartender who lost a former co-worker to an overdose earlier this month

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