Newly elected Louisiana GOP Rep. Luke Letlow, 41, dies of coronavirus

[rdking647]

Source: axios

Rep.-elect Luke Letlow (R-La.) died on Tuesday night after being admitted to a Louisiana hospital intensive care unit with COVID-19, his spokesperson Andrew Bautsch confirmed. He was 41.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/louisiana-gop-rep-luke-letlow-dies-covid-19-22fa47b6-f4c3-44ae-8ca6-cf44f111b6cc.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=1100

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41 years old. said he had covid dec 18th
admitted to the hospital dec 23rd

[yaesu]

1. likely contracted from his victory party where no one was wearing masks according to twitter world.

[vercetti2021]

2. Thoughts and prayers

Shouldn't have been a dumb fuck

[bullimiami]

4. Thanks for expressing my inner voice.

[AZ8theist]

12. Beat me to it. Zero fucks to give for anti-science idiots.

[ffr]

14. Ditto.

Live by stupidity, die by stupidity. He's dead, but will Rs around him learn their lesson? Hell no! They don't and won't believe it can happen to them or that it's that serious until it affects them. Screw everyone else!

[AngryOldDem]

21. It was God's plan.

Nothing will be learned from this, because it was God’s plan.

His death is duly noted. That is all.

[Roy Rolling]

3. Sad

But I’m not going to be bullied into subservient sympathy for him when his winning strategy was to risk Covid-19 infection by not wearing a mask and flaunting attempts to protect others.

This was an inevitable event, Louisiana Republicans should be yelling “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED at the top of their lungs. They are accessories to negligent homicide.

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. Sad to say, Roy, it's a group delusion.

The Republican Party is a super-spreader organization. Shit has got to stop.

[sfstaxprep]

6. He Attended White House Christmas Party The Week Before Testing Positive nt

[orangecrush]

7. Sad

That this young man died as a direct result of Trumpco's misguidance, as so many have.

I do not celebrate his death, rather my anger toward those who sucker people into sharing their self serving utter stupidity multiplies exponentially.

What a horrible thing for his family.

[thenelm1]

10. I agree, but there is a bit of twisted Karma in this.

While he may have been making the attempt with masking and other precautions, he was still a pubbie after all and somewhere in his views and his intermingling with his followers, he was likely not forcefully pushing CDC or other suggested health guidelines for the pandemic. Admittedly I say this without not ever even hearing of his name before, just an assumption based upon the current culture of those of that ilk. The ones I really feel sorry for are his children.

[Polybius]

8. He actually wasn't an anti-masker and had two little kids, so I do feel bad

Covid is one strange virus. I knew people who got it in their 70's and were in worse shape than Trump, and they said they were out and about the house, just feeling a bit under the weather. Then this guy gets it at 41 and dies, and seems to have been in pretty good shape. RIP.

[LisaL]

9. Yes, covid could be unpredictable.

NT

[wnylib]

30. I suspect that it is only unpredictable

to us now because there is still so much that we don't know about this new coronavirus. In time we might discover some genetic mutation that is beneficial to people who have mild cases or no symptoms.

I read a UK report done about people who survived the Plague in a small village. A genetic researcher discovered a specific mutation that appeared in Europe around the time of the first Plague wave that protected people from it. Of course it increased with each wave of the Plague since people without it died while people with it survived to have children who inherited it.

So the researcher used a specific village to confirm his findings. During an outbreak in the 1600s, the village had voluntarily self-isolated when the first cases occurred, to protect other villages. They received supplies delivered at a distance outside the village. One woman was known for looking after the ones who did get sick. Another had become very sick but recovered. These were village legends, but it turned out that the majority of villagers did survive.

Most of the modern villagers are descendants of the 1600 population. The researcher did DNA testing on direct line descendants of the families known to have survived or who never got sick. He found that all of them had at least one copy of the mutation. Some had two copies.

He tested several regions of Europe that were hit hard by the waves of Plague and found very high numbers of people with this mutation. He believes that a chance mutation was beneficial and increased with each wave as those with it survived while those without it died.

As with the Medieval Plague, social factors are also a large part of the picture with covid 19, but both genes and social environment probably are factors.

[C Moon]

17. That's because Trump got the rich man's treatment for the virus.

[Polybius]

40. Yes, but acquaintance's of mine didn't get the rich treatment

They were older and in even worse shape than Trump, and told me when they got it they just felt under the weather, and were moving around the house and yard while under quarantine. This was April too.

Then this guy gets it at 41, in way better shape, and dies. It's a horrific virus.

[scipan]

39. Many events without a mask

See posts below.

[riversedge]

11. Photo.............

Link to tweet

?s=20

[UpInArms]

41. More

But photos on his Twitter page show he had an inconsistent record of wearing masks while campaigning, sometimes covering his face at meet-and-greets but also speaking indoors without a mask to rooms of mask-free residents, the Washington Post reported.

At a candidate forum in October, Letlow urged the state to ease pandemic restrictions, saying, “We’re now at a place if we do not open our economy, we’re in real danger.”

After his symptoms worsened earlier this month, Letlow was first taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe, where he sounded a hopeful note on Dec. 21, tweeting that he was “confident” in his recovery.

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/u-s-congressman-elect-letlow-dies-of-covid-19-2

Pic of the great unmasked at

https://www.facebook.com/lukeletlow/?__tn__=-UC*F

[onetexan]

13. Question now is who replaces him

Can Gov Edwards (a Fem governor) appoint a Dem to his seat?

[LisaL]

16. The gov doesn't appoint replacement for a congressman.

"Under Louisiana state law, a special election will now take place to elect someone to represent the state's 5th Congressional District, which Letlow had carried in a runoff election earlier this month with 62% of the vote. The district is heavily Republican and encompasses much of eastern Louisiana."

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/29/politics/luke-letlow-died-covid/index.html

[onetexan]

20. Thanks. Funny thing is they managed to elect a Dem gov

Yet much of LA is conservative.

[ffr]

15. Insisting on your rights w/o acknowledging your responsibilities isn't freedom...

it's adolescence.

[Paladin]

33. +1000. (nt)

[ancianita]

43. Nice!

[JI7]

18. How sad that it happened to him instead of McConnell

[wnylib]

31. I share your sorrow on this

[Ford_Prefect]

19. Too bad he didn't get the magic treatments and super drugs that Trump did.

[pfitz59]

22. Unable to feel any sympathy

This fellow spent his entire adult life supporting a vile GOP agenda. he was expected to do more of the same.

[Mike Nelson]

23. I assume...

... his politics were bad, but don't celebrate his death from COVID. I do wonder why a Republican Congressman from Louisiana did not get the Rudy/Donald medications. Or did he, and they did not work?

[UpInArms]

27. From NPR

Bautsch shared in a statement Dec. 23 that Letlow was in stable condition. He was receiving Remdesivir and steroids as part of his treatment, but Letlow's condition worsened in recent days.

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/30/951332740/louisiana-congressman-elect-dies-after-battling-covid-19

[Mike Nelson]

38. Thank you...

... for clarifying. I assumed he would get the best care.

[GoneOffShore]

24. Play stupid games. Win stupid prizes. Sorry for his family.

[atreides1]

25. Well

While I'm sorry for his family's loss...I got nothing for him! He was just another anti-choice and anti-gay marriage, lemming...it would have given the Republicans another bobble head doll, in the House!

If he did catch COVID while attending a party without wearing a mask, that was his choice...and as the old Knight said in the movie..."he chose poorly!".

[womanofthehills]

35. Looks like he never wore a mask

Lots of events - never masked.

[UpInArms]

26. Related: Louisiana Congressman-Elect Dies After Battling COVID-19

Letlow announced that he had contracted COVID-19 on Dec. 18 and was hospitalized a day later. He kept his followers updated of his condition on social media. Days before his death, he was in intensive care at St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe, La., and was later transferred to Ochsner-LSU Health in Shreveport on Dec. 22.

Bautsch shared in a statement Dec. 23 that Letlow was in stable condition. He was receiving Remdesivir and steroids as part of his treatment, but Letlow's condition worsened in recent days.

... snip ...

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said, "Our hearts break tonight as we process the news of Congressman-elect Luke Letlow's passing."

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/30/951332740/louisiana-congressman-elect-dies-after-battling-covid-19

[Bengus81]

28. Why....I thought only us old asses died from Covid according to the Fuehrer.........

WRONG again Trump...........

[twodogsbarking]

29. His children may not understand.

Downplaying the virus and hiding the facts are partly to blame. Condolences to those affected. There are people I don't care for but I would never wish sickness on them. So many people should not be dying.

[Grimelle]

32. Trying to be dignified when justified

but failing

[Woodycall]

34. Stupidity has a price...

"Over the past few months, Letlow has posted numerous photos of himself and dozens of others at campaign and community events without masks and without social distancing. He had also pushed for states to "reopen the economy" amid the pandemic."

~CBS News

[bedazzled]

36. Hope it was a great party being it was his last

hope the wife survives. it would be a shame to orphan thise kids because of such stupidity. if my husband was determined to go to that little soiree he would have been staying at a hotel for two weeks. at least.

[AKing]

37. Turns out 'Owning the Libs' has consequences

[SpankMe]

44. Announcement to admission to death in 12 days.

Fuck Covid-19. It really is the asshole of diseases.

[BlueWavePsych]

45. Luke Letlow's maskless campaign events surface after he dies of COVID

Luke Letlow, elected to represent Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District in a runoff election earlier this month, died of COVID-19 complications in a Shreveport hospital Tuesday night. Letlow, 41, is survived by his wife and two children, and while a number of people are mourning him today, a number of people are also going online to post photos of maskless campaign events leading up to Letlow’s Dec. 18 diagnosis.

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/luke-letlow-covid-death-maskless-campaign-events/