TX-06: Texas GOP Rep. Ron Wright has died.

[RandySF]

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Texas GOP Rep. Ron Wright has died. He had Covid, and had previously battled cancer.

Wright was elected in 2018.

[Wounded Bear]

1. Is this the first congressional death from covid? nt

[Sanity Claws]

2. A newly elected Rep died of Covid before he was sworn in

I think he was from Louisiana

[lagomorph777]

3. No, I think another one died between the election and swearing-in.

[Renew Deal]

6. He was never sworrn in.

[lagomorph777]

10. So...two vacancies now?

[bullwinkle428]

4. No - there was a Republican from Louisiana, I think, that ended up dying

after he was elected, but before he was sworn in. I think he was only in his early 40s.

[sfstaxprep]

5. Freshman QOP Congressman Elect From Louisiana Died In December nt

[Tom Rinaldo]

7. A newly elected 2020 GOP House candidate died from Covid-19

I'm not sure if he lived long enough to get sworn in. He was young, I believe in his 40's.

[Blue_playwright]

8. Dammit. That sucks. I hate Covid

[bullwinkle428]

9. Luke Letlow was the previous Congressman from Louisiana that died. Details below...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The death of a newly elected U.S. representative from Louisiana of complications related to COVID-19 stunned the state’s political circles Wednesday and became the latest brutal reminder of how dangerous the coronavirus can be.

Luke Letlow, who was only 41 and had no known underlying health conditions, died Tuesday night at Ochsner-LSU Health Shreveport — days before he was scheduled to be sworn into office, according to his spokesman Andrew Bautsch. Bautsch asked for privacy for Letlow’s family “during this difficult and unexpected time.”

Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, a doctor who tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this year and has since recovered, seemed almost at a loss for words in a Twitter video he posted Tuesday night about Letlow’s death, stopping at one point before saying: “It just, just, just, just brings home COVID can kill. For most folks it doesn’t, but it truly can. So, as you remember Luke, his widow, his children in your prayers, remember as well to be careful with COVID.”

https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-coronavirus-pandemic-shreveport-bd0de82f39d856ef262f81fd66dec1d8

[TheRealNorth]

11. Thoughts and Prayers to his family....

But if he wasn't wearing a mask, then he got what was coming.