Three Democrats vying for the nomination to run for the 5th District Congressional seat faced off during a candidate forum at Danville Community College on Thursday evening.
Newly elected 5th District Congressman Bob Good is drawing strong rebuke for his startling statement that called the coronavirus a âphony pandemicâ and dismissing the idea of wearing masks as a deterrent to spreading the virus.
Good, a Republican who in January will replace Denver Riggleman, R-Charlottesville, in representing a long district that includes Danville, Pittsylvania County and the eastern slice of Henry County, spoke Saturday to the group gathered in support of President Donald Trump, about two days before the death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 300,000 in the U.S.
Good, who defeated Democrat Cameron Webb in November, told the group that they were just the kind of people who gets that this is a phony pandemic.