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In hospital with COVID, conservative Texan running for governor condemns vaccine mandates By Reuters

by Mike Robinson

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© Reuters. FILEPHOTO: A former U.S. Senator Allen West talks to the media at Trump Tower, Manhattan. FILE PHOTO – Former U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Allen West addresses the press at Trump Tower in Manhattan. New York City. U.S., December 5, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

(Reuters) – Texas Republican gubernatorial hopeful Allen West, a conservative firebrand, was being treated for COVID-19 at a hospital Sunday. He said this on Twitter (NYSE : ), noting that his past experience with the disease had made him more opposed to mandatory vaccines.

West, 60, served as chairman of the Republican Party of Texas for less than a year before stepping down in June https://www.reuters.com/world/us/conservative-firebrand-west-resigns-texas-republican-leader-2021-06-04. According to his Twitter account, he has opposed vaccination mandates. He is also not currently vaccinated against COVID-19.

Former Florida congressman and now he’s running for Republican governor Greg Abbott’s resignation in 2022.

West stated that “I can attest, after this experience,” he said in a series tweets on Sunday while being treated at Plano hospital.

West stated that he is receiving monoclonal antibodies treatment. His condition had improved, but there was still concern about COVID-related pneumonia.

Angela West stated that Angela West was in the hospital with the same virus on Saturday as him but had been vaccinated.

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