Left-wing Vox writer Aaron Rupar was sharply criticized Tuesday for linking the death of congressman-elect Luke Letlow to his calls to open up the economy.
Letlow, 41, died Tuesday of complications from coronavirus, shortly before he was to take office after winning the race for Lousiana's Fifth Congressional District.
Doctors said he suffered a fatal heart attack during an operation. "Congressman-elect Letlow, 41, just died of Covid. A tragedy," he tweeted.
He linked to a video of Letlow saying in October, "So while we’ve been cautious and I think both the state and federal level have taken numerous precautions for COVID-19, we’re now at a place if we do not open our economy we’re in real danger." Critics slammed Rupar, who is popular.
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