Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner died on Tuesday at 70 years of age months after becoming a first-time congressman for Texas, officials confirmed on Wednesday. His last public message ended up being a defense of healthcare, calling people not to "mess with Medicaid."
"This is Angela Hernandez, my guest tonight for the State of the Union," Turner said as he introduced Hernandez, a constituent who said her two-year-old daughter has a "rare genetic disorder called Chromosome 8p: Inversion/Duplication/Deletion." "It causes a lot of development and medical challenges, so losing Medicaid would be devastating for us," she added before Turner delivered the closing message: "Please let people know. Don't mess with Medicaid."
