Rep. Michael Burgess urged American athletes Friday to skip the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Brazil because of concerns over the Zika virus.
“Let me be politically incorrect,” Burgess, R-Lewisville, said during a taping of Lone Star Politics on KXAS-TV (NBC5). “I was around in 1980 when Jimmy Carter canceled the Olympics for our athletes. It was a devastating consequence, but I don’t see how you ignore this public health threat with our young athletes going to that area.”
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