U.S. Rep. Ron Wright dies after battle with COVID-19

[rdking647]

Source: austin american statesman

U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, R-Arlington, died Sunday after being hospitalized weeks earlier with COVID-19, his campaign announced in a statement Monday.

Wright was first elected to his post in 2018 and won reelection last year. The 67-year-old had been battling cancer for several years.

Read more: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2021/02/08/rep-ron-wright-dies-after-battle-covid-19/4435285001/

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first congressman to die from covid. probably caught it during the coup attempt.

maybe this will wake up the rethugs (Doubtful)

[Irish_Dem]

1. Rethugs don't care. American deaths are just collateral damage in their quest for power and wealth

[hlthe2b]

2. Actually no. A congressman just elected, Luke Letlow, R-LA (41 yo), died before being seated

https://www.axios.com/louisiana-gop-rep-luke-letlow-dies-covid-19-22fa47b6-f4c3-44ae-8ca6-cf44f111b6cc.html

[COL Mustard]

4. He Hadn't Been Seated So Doesn't Count

[hlthe2b]

6. The hell it doesn't. He WAS an elected congressman. Hair-splitting much?

[COL Mustard]

7. I Don't Have Much To Split

Yes, he'd been elected but hadn't been seated. So Wright was the first sitting member to die of it.

[Polybius]

14. You are 100% correct

The other guy never was sworn in, so he was never a Congressman.

[Polybius]

10. From CNN:

Wright is the first sitting member of Congress to die after contracting Covid. In December, Congressman-elect Luke Letlow died after being diagnosed with the disease.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/08/politics/ron-wright-congressman-dies/index.html

[hlthe2b]

11. My response was to the OP: " first congressman to die from covid. " NOT TRUE

Not sure what bee is in your bonnet, but my response to the OP is correct. Nowhere did the poster state "sitting Congressman," but your argument for argument's sake is noted.

[Polybius]

13. I don't mean to disagree (hate doing this with my fellow DUers) but he was never a Congressman

You don't become a Congressperson (or Senator, or even Supreme Court Justice or President) until the day you are sworn in. He sadly passed away before he got that chance.

[hlthe2b]

16. when the word "elected" is included in every post I've made, you are just being

ridiculously argumentative. If that is what you need to do to feel validated, please proceed.

[Polybius]

19. It's not an area of disagreement such as opinions, I'm just stating facts

He was never a Congressman period. Despite being elected, being a Congressman never happened for him. On his gravestone it won't say "former Congressman" either, because he never was one.

It was you who first "attempted" to correct the OP. When politely stated by the both of us that you were incorrect, you refused to accept the truth, despite proof. Your first reply said "A congressman just elected." He was never a Congressman.

[iluvtennis]

25. ++ agree...had forgotten about that. nt

[brooklynite]

3. R+9 District; Trump won 51-48

[Denvermosaic]

5. The news will be swept under the rug in RW media. The message will continuously be "it's a hoax"

[SpankMe]

8. He was fairly conservative

...but I don't think he was one of the crackpots. I won't celebrate his death unless I found out he was an anti-masker or conspiracy theorist.

And before anyone spams me with hate...yes, I am indifferent (almost celebratory) about the death of anyone who dies from afflictions that they minimized, dismissed or protested mitigations for in life.

If you're an anti-masker or anti-vaxxer and you die of Covid - good. If you're a pro-gun, open-carry, guns-guns-everywhere nutjob and you get shot and killed by mistake by "a good guy with a gun" - good.

I'm opposed to the state-imposed death penalty. But, I'm all for death-karma. Fuck the hypocrites.

[WinstonSmith4740]

17. Totally agree.

Someone's death is nothing to celebrate (Do not ask for whom the bell tolls...), but those folks that insist on tempting fate, well...what can we say?

[Lithos]

18. All I remember about him was he's an rabid pro-lifer

I think he's just old school conservative of the Ronald Reagan ilk.

L-

[COL Mustard]

27. Apparently He Was One Of The Republicans Who Supported

Challenging the election results. So I guess he was one of the crackpots.

[Backseat Driver]

9. In the fairness of the Creator's justice, may you RIP and find truth,

something none of your living political party members possessed; otherwise, just pass the other way!

Condolences to your family, of course.

Is that kind enough?

[riversedge]

12. May the family find peace

[George II]

15. He was in DC in early January, his last vote was January 13.

[erronis]

20. I guess that just like Sen. Selby (Repugliqon), Rep. Wright won't be running for re-election.

Sucks to die when the Q's need your vote.

[yellowdogintexas]

37. I think there will be a Special Election. I am not sure if the guv makes an appoinment

which lasts until a new Rep is elected.

Special Elections can be very interesting. We should know what comes next fairly soon

TX 6 adjoins TX 12, where I live and if the Democrats turn out big it could make a difference

In the words of He Who Shall Not Be Named "We'll see what happens" (I cringe every time I catch myself saying that)

[erronis]

40. Agree about a special election. My intended point is that the other repug won't be running (dead).

My comment wasn't very clear and was probably too much of-the-moment.

Let's hope that the Q's lose a few more seats over their secession attempt.

[turbinetree]

21. Hey Abbott he stood up to the unborn..........

did he wear a fucking mask...............to stand up against a microbe............I don't think so, because after all you said it was hoax......... and beside I have no ............

[ffr]

22. Anti-life asshole once you are born.

Wright Reintroduces Pro-Life Bills
January 29, 2021 Press Release

Washington, D.C. – This morning, Congressman Ron Wright (TX-06) reaffirmed his commitment to standing up for the unborn by reintroducing the Teleabortion Prevention Act and Child Custody Protection Act in the 117th Congress.

[SunSeeker]

23. Did he get a covid vaccine? All members of Congress were eligible.

Or was he an anti-vaxxer?

[ForgoTheConsequence]

31. According to the Austin American Statesmen he was not vaccinated.

But had intended on getting it and supported vaccinations.


Only the other hand, he was a proponent of prematurely opening businesses and schools and promoted this by using cherry-picked evidence.

[FarPoint]

34. Some physicians are thinking that waiting for the vaccine is prudent..

Waiting if they have patients with severe immune compromising status...such as this man with cancer...I believe it is an exception and not the rule...other conditions like blood count CBC and platelet count/ etc come into play with the hold choice.

[FBaggins]

24. "Probably caught it during the coup attempt" is unwarranted

He was asked to quarantine due to exposure on the 15th (of himself and multiple staff) and then tested positive a few days later.

[iluvtennis]

26. rethugs need to start taking CV-19 seriously - it isn't a hoax. MASK UP. nt

[yaesu]

28. Kind of strange that he was making anti covid shutdown tweets just 2 days ago, someone must be

using his account, same thing happened to Herman Cain only right after he died.

[Lucinda]

30. ...

[C Moon]

32. I think all the GOP sees are the votes that Trump got when he lost to Biden...

what they aren't bothering to look at, is how many votes they lost after the capitol riots.
So they'll never wake up until they lose more seats.

[calimary]

33. Hmmmmm... do we have any chance of flipping that seat?

I imagine with a republi-CON governor choosing the replacement, it'll be another republi-CON. But will it be one that can survive the next verdict of the voters?

[mountain grammy]

35. One thing Georgia taught me

in these crazy times; we can always hope and, if enough people want it and work on it, we can win. And, of course, Stacey Abrams. 2022, I have hope again.

[yellowdogintexas]

38. Stacey Abrams' army is joining up with Texas to finish the flip we keep

coming close to. This is a good time for some crash courses.

TX 6 was solidly Democratic until the 2001 redistricting. I lived in that district for a while and we had a great representative - Martin Frost.

[Roc2020]

36. Just mindblowing that being a Republican..

a member or supporter of a political party ups the chances of dying from Covid-19.

[yuiyoshida]

39. This is what happens when even a US Congressman becomes

Stupid and listens to the PARTY LINE on Covid 19...its NO BIG DEAL ,.. well I guess now it is

[JohnnyRingo]

41. My sympathy to his family whom I'm sure loved him.

I didn't know of him, but I assume I'd just be so-so at best.
Others in the party should take heed and quit acting like a bunch of Trumps.

Wiki:

In 2014, Wright's office added the motto "In God We Trust" to its stationery including on tax assessment envelopes and tax statements.

Good thing he had such trust, huh?
He held caucus with the new Tea Party (Freedom Caucus).

He took Barton's seat, who I think was the idiot who sent out a video of him masturbating.

[AntiFascist]

42. Wright was being treated for lung cancer...

but there seem to be plenty of pics of him not wearing a mask, along with other Texas Republicans. This should be blasted all over the news by the M$M as a warning to others who may be at increased risk!