FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, record photo, Texas gubernatorial hopeful Allen West speaks astatine the Cameron County Conservatives day celebration, successful Harlingen, Texas. West, a campaigner for the Republican information for politician of Texas, said Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, that helium has received monoclonal antibody injections aft being diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, record photo, Texas gubernatorial hopeful Allen West speaks astatine the Cameron County Conservatives day celebration, successful Harlingen, Texas. West, a campaigner for the Republican information for politician of Texas, said Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, that helium has received monoclonal antibody injections aft being diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

PLANO, Texas – Tea enactment firebrand Allen West, a campaigner for the Republican information for politician of Texas, was hospitalized with COVID-19 connected Sunday but said he's “doing great.”

“No complaints. I’m conscionable relaxing,” West told The Associated Press during a little telephone interrogation from a infirmary successful the Dallas suburb of Plano. He said helium got a bully night's remainder and was awaiting the results of an aboriginal greeting thorax X-ray.

West and his wife, Angela West, were diagnosed with the virus aft attending a “packed house” fundraising lawsuit successful Seabrook, Texas, past week. He said Saturday that helium is “suspending in-person events until receiving an all-clear indication.”

Both Wests received monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID-19 and Angela, who was vaccinated against the virus, was released to spell home, Allen West said connected Twitter. The Republican campaigner said helium has not gotten a coronavirus vaccination and that doctors were disquieted Saturday astir the lowered level of oxygen saturation successful his blood.

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West said connected Twitter Sunday that, if elected governor, helium would “vehemently crush anyone forcing vaccine mandates” successful Texas.

West is simply a erstwhile Texas Republican Party seat and Florida congressman. He announced successful July that helium would challenge Republican Gov. Greg Abbot, who is moving for a 3rd word and has been endorsed by Donald Trump.

West’s announcement came a period aft he resigned arsenic seat of the Republican Party of Texas.

West won a U.S. House spot successful Florida successful 2010 and rapidly became a beverage enactment favourite and lightning rod, astatine 1 constituent accusing Democrats of having arsenic galore arsenic 80 communists successful their House caucus. He failed to triumph reelection successful 2012.

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He aboriginal moved to Texas and mostly stayed retired of the spotlight until moving for president of the authorities GOP enactment past year.

West past began criticizing Republicans arsenic overmuch arsenic Democrats, calling the GOP talker of the Texas House a “traitor” for moving crossed the aisle, past starring a protestation extracurricular Abbott’s mansion implicit coronavirus restrictions.

In October 2020, West took portion successful a protestation extracurricular Abbot’s home, criticizing the Republican governor’s enforcement orders — including a statewide disguise mandate and lockdowns owed to the coronavirus pandemic. Those restrictions are nary longer successful place.

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