He attended the infamous Tulsa Trump rally and didn’t wear a mask – even though he had several high risk factors such as cancer. He even tweeted “Masks will not be mandatory for the event, which will be attended by President Trump. PEOPLE ARE FED UP!”
Nine days later, he was diagnosed with COVID and was in the hospital by July 1.
So he went in eyes wide open and chose the riskiest path.
On top of that, he sat just a few seats down from Oklahoma Gov Stitt who has now also been diagnosed with COVID, though he seems to be handling it better.