Good morning, it’s Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. The most distressing political news this morning is that Luke Letlow, recently elected to the House from Louisiana’s 5 th Congressional District, died last night from COVID-19. Only 41 years old, he leaves behind a wife and two young children. He was one of 61 Louisianans to die from the coronavirus Tuesday, one of 2,200 American lives now being lost each day in this frightening pandemic. “Congressman-elect Letlow was a ninth generation Louisianan who fought passionately for his point of view and dedicated his life to public service,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement. “[O]ur sorrow is compounded by the grief of so many other families who have also suffered lives cut short by this terrible virus.”