Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota), a former Democratic candidate for president, announced that her husband, John, has contracted coronavirus.<\/p>\n
“I love him & not being able to be by his side is one of the hardest things about this disease,” Klobuchar said in a post on social media<\/a>. “So many are going through this & much worse. I pray for him & you & meanwhile I will do all I can to get help to the American people.”<\/p>\n She also issued a lengthier statement on Medium<\/a>. She said the family found out he diagnosis on the morning of Monday, March 23, 2020.<\/p>\n “John started to feel sick when I was in Minnesota and he was in Washington D.C. and like so many others who have had the disease, he thought it was just a cold,” Klobuchar wrote.<\/p>\n Klobuchar participated in the Frank LaMere Native American Presidential Forum<\/a> in Iowa last August. She promised to bring a Native chef — Sean Sherman, also known as The Sioux Chef — to the White House for an official state dinner.<\/p>\n Klobuchar is the second prominent Minnesota politician with a connection to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan<\/a>, a citizen of the White Earth Nation, lost her older brother<\/a>, Ron, to the coronavirus.<\/p>\n My husband has coronavirus. I love him & not being able to be by his side is one of the hardest things about this disease. So many are going through this & much worse. I pray for him & you & meanwhile I will do all I can to get help to the American people.https:\/\/t.co\/fqQU6tA29r<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/SjyfdQxe1R<\/a><\/p>\n — Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) March 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n