Today Governor Newsom lifted California’s regional shelter-in-place order. With the order lifted, the state will return to the tiered county-by-county reopening system. Both Fresno County and Tulare County will return to the purple tier of Governor Newsom’s reopening system. Purple allows for restaurants to serve outdoors and allows nail and hair salons to reopen indoor service.
For more information, read this article from The San Joaquin Valley Sun.
Rep. Devin Nunes released the following statement today on the death of Officer Brian Sicknick, who succumbed to injuries sustained in the riot at the Capitol building.
“The death of Officer Brian Sicknick is a shocking tragedy. Having interacted with Capitol police officers on a near daily basis for years, I’ve seen that these selfless men and women are true professionals dedicated to protecting America’s legislature and the personal safety of representatives such as myself. Officer Sicknick’s death is a reminder of the steep price paid by individuals, families, and American society overall when political violence becomes normalized. I urge all Americas, across the entire political spectrum, to reject this senseless brutality and to advocate for political change through purely peaceful means. Justice must now be served on those responsible for Officer Sicknick’s death.”
Yesterday President Trump awarded me the Presidential Medal of Freedom, an honor I accepted on behalf of the people of the San Joaquin Valley. I wanted to share with you some photographs from the ceremony, which you can see below.
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| President Trump awarding me the Presidential Medal of Freedom. |
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| President Trump with my family. |
This morning President Trump awarded me the Presidential Medal of Freedom for my work to uncover the gross government abuses committed in service of the Russian collusion hoax. I accepted the award on behalf of the people of California’s San Joaquin Valley. My efforts to expose the Russian collusion hoax were recently discussed in The Federalist – you can read the article here.
On Friday, I donated blood plasma to the Central California Blood Center for their trailblazing convalescent plasma program to help patients combat COVID-19. While on The Ray Appleton Show that afternoon, I disclosed that I donated plasma that day because I had tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies. Immediately, dozens of national journalists falsely reported that I tested positive for COVID-19, which Twitter then uncritically amplified. This bizarre fake news reporting was captured in an article by The Federalist, which you can read here.
If, like me, you’ve tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies and are healthy, please consider donating plasma to the Central California Blood Center. To learn more about donating, click here.
Today I donated convalescent plasma as part of the Central California Blood Center’s efforts to produce pathogen-reduced plasma for patients battling COVID-19. You can watch a brief video of my visit by clicking here.
I want to thank the Central California Blood Center for their pioneering efforts to produce pathogen-reduced plasma for Central Valley patients. The Central Valley is in short supply of convalescent plasma, which has proved helpful in aiding patients' recovery from COVID-19. If you are healthy and interested in donating plasma, especially if you’ve had COVID-19, please click here to make an appointment.