Washington Senator Doug Ericksen dies at 52

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Senator Doug Ericksen (R-Whatcom County) has died.

The Washington State Senate Republican Caucus said the senator passed away on Friday. He was 52 years old.

He leaves behind two daughters and a fire.

"We are heartbroken to share that our husband and father passed away on Friday, Dec. 17. Please keep our family in your prayers and thank you for continuing to respect our privacy in this extremely difficult time," his family said in a statement.

Last month Ericksen tested positive for COVID-19 in El Salvador.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/washington-senator-doug-ericksen-dies-at-52/ar-AARX7CC

[Lochloosa]

1. Ahem.

The last time Ericksen's official legislative website was updated was Nov. 1 with a statement from the senator regarding the state's vaccine mandate. In it, Ericksen pushes back against firing employees who refuse to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

“Washington state is Number One in government coercion,” Ericksen says in the statement. “But I don’t think this is an honor the people of Washington want. This is the natural result of a system that allows the governor to declare an emergency and then keep his sweeping emergency powers as long as he likes. We passed the 600-day mark on Oct. 21, no end is in sight, and there are indications it could get worse.”

[Celerity]

5. His end came before the 700th day

We passed the 600-day mark on Oct. 21, no end is in sight

[Kaleva]

2. He left behind two daughters and a fire?

"OLYMPIA, Wash. - Senator Doug Ericksen (R-Whatcom County) has died.

The Washington State Senate Republican Caucus said the senator passed away on Friday. He was 52 years old.

He leaves behind two daughters and a fire.

"We are heartbroken to share that our husband and father passed away on Friday, Dec. 17. Please keep our family in your prayers and thank you for continuing to respect our privacy in this extremely difficult time," his family said in a statement.

Last month Ericksen tested positive for COVID-19 in El Salvador."

[SergeStorms]

25. I don't understand that one either.

Maybe its an inside "joke" that Washingtonians can enlighten us to? Someone's idea of a joke, or a stupid typo?

[unweird]

3. Bubye

Nt

[dweller]

4. two daughters and a fire. ?

🤔



✌🏻

[Kaleva]

6. He left the stove on I guess.

[Celerity]

7. Dumpster fire

[GReedDiamond]

8. The article at the link sez...

"...two daughters and a wife."

[Kaleva]

9. Article doesn't say but he may have left the toilet seat up too.

[IronLionZion]

20. Wildfires are such a problem out west

that sometimes people accidentally marry a fire and can't tell the difference.

Or sloppy reporting before they published it.

[Sneederbunk]

10. As a vaccine hesitant person he experienced the ultimate hesitation.

[aeromanKC]

11. Unvaccinated International travel?

ZERO thoughts and prayers.

[harumph]

12. He died like he lived.

A fuckwit.

[Crunchy Frog]

13. Well, glad to see that story resolved.

I was kind of done with being curious about the ultimate outcome.

Wonder what he was up to in El Salvador.

[tanyev]

14. Did we ever find out what he was up to in El Salvador?

He missed votes back in February during a trip to El Salvador.

Republican senator missed votes while in El Salvador
March 18, 2021 at 11:30 am Updated March 19, 2021 at 1:20 pm

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Republican Sen. Doug Ericksen has missed more votes than any other state lawmaker this year, with some of his absences from the current legislative action occurring while he was observing elections in El Salvador.

Ericksen, who represents the 42nd District in Whatcom County, told The Bellingham Herald that the trip was separate from consulting and lobbying work he does for the country of Cambodia. He registered as foreign agent for his work for Cambodia in 2019, and the company he launched with former state Rep. Jay Rodne has a $500,000 contract with the country’s government.

Ericksen’s roll call voting record for the session through March 9 shows he missed 38 of 205 votes on bills’ final passage. Using that same data, senators had been marked “absent” or “excused” 131 times at that point in session for those sort of votes — Ericksen accounted for 29 percent of them.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/washington-state-sen-doug-eriksen-has-missed-many-votes-some-while-in-el-salvador/

[niyad]

18. So he was a registered lobbyist for Cambodia, and spent quite some time in

El Salvador??? How, exactly, did this serve his constituents, meaning the ones in Washington state??

[BobTheSubgenius]

22. He went to El Salvador to "observe elections."

Perhaps he wanted to see how they are actually done and fill his GOP compadres in.

[ornotna]

15. New update

To Sorryantivaxxer soon.

https://www.sorryantivaxxer.com/post/doug-ericksen-52-ferndale-wa-state-senator-anti-vaxx-sick-in-el-salvador-with-covid


Sorry, not sorry.

[PTWB]

17. LOL

This guy was a total anti-vax nut job. He spread a lot of anti-vax propaganda and killed many of his constituents, and now himself. He will not be missed.

[BradBo]

19. Fuck around and find out. History will remember him as a dumbass.

[Rhiannon12866]

21. Additional thread: Anti-Mask Lawmaker Apparently Died of Covid

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216158974

[Mz Pip]

23. I've run out

of fucks to give. The shelf is empty.

[orleans]

24. this

https://www.sorryantivaxxer.com/post/doug-ericksen-52-ferndale-wa-state-senator-anti-vaxx-dead-from-covid

[ecstatic]

26. Lol! nt

[FelineOverlord]

27. He wanted Gov. Inslee to be "investigated" and force him to resign over COVID mandates

Gov. Inslee's response, classy as always:

Link to tweet

[LetMyPeopleVote]

28. For this thread

Link to tweet