Is It Finally Time for Republicans to Cut the Crap?

President Trump leaves the White House for Walter Reed medical center on Friday.Sarah Silbiger/CNP via ZUMA

As of this writing, here’s the list of people who have contracted COVID-19 in the outbreak among DC politicians:

1. Donald Trump
2. Melania Trump
3. Hope Hicks
4. Sen. Thom Tillis
5. Sen. Ron Johnson
6. Sen. Mike Lee
7. Chris Christie
8. White House staffer
9. Another White House staffer
10. One reporter
11. Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president
12. Ronna McDaniel, chair of the RNC
13. Fr. John Jenkins, president of Notre Dame
14. Bill Stepien, Trump campaign manager

It’s inevitable that eventually some Democrat will report testing positive for the coronavirus, but it’s striking that so far it’s 12 Republicans out of 14 cases (plus two unknowns who attended the announcement ceremony for Amy Coney Barrett). Doesn’t this have to be a wakeup call for Republicans? As a matter of pure self-preservation, don’t they have to cut the crap and start urging everyone to wear masks and maintain social distancing? We’ll find out, I guess.