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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA Texas GOP leader railed against vaccines and masks. Then he died of covid.
A leader of the Texas Republican Party hopped on Facebook in May to post about a mask burning party 900 miles away in Cincinnati.
I wished I lived in the area! wrote H Scott Apley.
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And on Friday, the 45-year-old Dickinson City Council member republished a Facebook post implying that vaccines dont work.
Two days later, Apley was admitted to a Galveston hospital with pneumonia-like symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus, according to an online fundraising campaign. He was sedated and put on a ventilator.
On Wednesday, he died, members of his countys party announced on social media.
Patrick McGinnis, chairman of the Galveston County Republican Party, said in a statement that Apleys death was a tragedy
magnified by his youth, his young family especially his very young son.
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I feel so owned
viva la
(3,315 posts)It's... unhuman. Heck, it''s unmammalian. Animals take care of their young.
But Republicans don't.
SoCalDavidS
(9,998 posts)Lovie777
(12,313 posts)kill their constituents and blame the Democrats for it. And some of their constituents are so insane they will believe it.
napi21
(45,806 posts)they'll heed the warning and get their own damn shot!
dalton99a
(81,566 posts)Fucking asshole
SamKnause
(13,108 posts)SoCalDavidS
(9,998 posts)Chainfire
(17,587 posts)A real hero who sacrificed his life upon the alter of Republican Politics. They should erect a statue to the idiot.
mercuryblues
(14,537 posts)Killing their families to own the Democrats.
Mariana
(14,860 posts)to stop them from going to the hospital, when they discover they can't breathe.
orwell
(7,775 posts)...or Darwin's.