The Texas Republican died after he tested positive for the coronavirus more than two weeks ago. Wright had remained in isolation and was also being treated for cancer.
U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, R-Texas, is seen on Capitol Hill in 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
DALLAS (CN) Republican Texas Congressman Ron Wright died Sunday after being treated for Covid-19, becoming the first sitting member of Congress to die after a coronavirus diagnosis.
Wright, 67, first announced his diagnosis on Jan. 21. He said at the time he had been in quarantine since Jan. 15 after coming into contact with an unidentified infected person. The lawmaker said he was feeling “okay” with minor symptoms and would continue working from home. Wright and his wife Susan were later admitted to Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, according to a statement Monday morning by Wright’s campaign.
These two things happened on the same day last week.
Congressional leaders paid their respects to Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick, who was killed by the insurrectionists who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, and whose remains were lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda.
And Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy told his caucus that there would be no disciplinary action against recently sworn in Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for the kind of crazy talk that incited the insurrectionists who killed Sicknick.
Greene, who was stripped of her committee assignments later in the week with only 11 Republicans joining the unanimous Democrats, has been a leading promoter of the big lie that the presidential election was stolen. She also has indicated support for executing Democratic leaders and FBI agents, claimed that our nation’s worst school shootings were staged, blamed
Claudia Tenney Will Be Certified Winner of Last Open House Race: Judge
Tenney ran against incumbent Democrat Anthony Brindisi to represent New York’s 22nd Congressional District.
New York Supreme Court Justice Scott DelConte said that all local boards of elections have certified their results, apart from the Oneida County Board of Elections, and granted a motion by Tenney to order final certification of the election results by the county and the state boards of elections.
Tenney will be certified the winner by 109 votes.
“I’m honored to have won this race. It was a hard-fought campaign and I thank Anthony Brindisi for his service. Now that every legal vote has been counted, it’s time for the results to be certified,” Tenney said in a statement.