As US Presidential elections come closer, there have been a stir in the USA. Two Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have been tested positive for the coronavirus, posing questions about the timing of Supreme Court approval hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett and whether additional senators may have been exposed. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared the confirmation process was going “full steam ahead.” North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis and Utah Sen. Mike Lee both said Friday that they had tested positive for the virus.

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Both had attended a ceremony for Barrett at the White House on Sept. 25 with President Donald Trump, who announced Friday that he had tested positive and then was later hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Lee, who did not wear a mask at the White House event, stated that he had “symptoms consistent with longtime allergies.” Tillis, who did wear a mask during the public portion of the event, said he had no symptoms.  Both said they would quarantine for 10 days ending just before Barrett’s confirmation hearings begin on Oct. 12.

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The positive tests come as Senate Republicans are pushing to quickly confirm Barrett in the few weeks they have before the Nov. 3 election. There is a little rest in the schedule set out by Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham and McConnell, who want to put a third Trump nominee on the court immediately in case they lose any of their power in the election. Democrats, many of whom have been critical of Barrett, hooked on the virus announcements to call for a delay in the hearings.

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