Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel also tests positive for COVID-19

McDaniel tested positive for the virus on Wednesday, or a day before White House aide Hope Hicks tested positive

By Brad Reed

Published October 2, 2020 10:48AM (EDT)

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 24: Chair of the Republican National Committee Ronna McDaniel stands on stage in an empty Mellon Auditorium while addressing the Republican National Convention at the Mellon Auditorium on August 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 24: Chair of the Republican National Committee Ronna McDaniel stands on stage in an empty Mellon Auditorium while addressing the Republican National Convention at the Mellon Auditorium on August 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel has now tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman.

Haberman's sources say that McDaniel, who is the niece of Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), tested positive for the virus on Wednesday, or a day before White House aide Hope Hicks tested positive.

Haberman also reports that McDaniel "has mild symptoms" and "was last with POTUS last Friday and has been in Michigan since then."


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