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New York, NY (77WABC)-Talk about political divide. The Chief Strategist for the Rhode Island Democratic Party, Kate Coyne-McCoy, this morning apologized on Twitter for her earlier tweet asking if its wrong to “hope he dies” from Covid-19 after Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham was diagnosed with the virus and sent into quarantine.
Here’s a screen shot of Cobe-McCoy’s original comment, since deleted, but captured by twitter handle @21HOOP21 and reposted to her account:
Coyne-McCoy this morning s at 7:21 am issued this tweet apologizing for her earlier tweet about Sen. Graham’s Covid-19 diagnosis, saying she made a “mistake:”
https://twitter.com/katecoynemccoy/status/1422517966957068289
Sen. Graham is in quarantine for ten days after being diagnosed with Covid-19. The 66-year-old US Senator from South Carolina was vaccinated in December.
He is the first US Senator to publicly announce a breakthrough case of Covid-19. He is said to be experiencing minor symptoms after beginning to experience “flu” like symptoms Saturday night.
