BREAKING NEWSCongressman, 70, suddenly dies after attending Trump's big speech

The congressman's final post continued: 'Let me be clear: any cuts to Medicaid are a direct attack on families like Angela’s. President Trump and Elon Musk’s push to gut Medicaid is nothing short of a betrayal of the most vulnerable among us. They are playing politics with children’s lives, and I will not stand for it.

In another post he made clear that he would attend the address to represent his constituents.

'Some are asking whether I will attend the State of the Union … For the people of #TX18, we will be there,' his account shared.

He recently won the seat vacated by former Rep. Shiela Jackson Lee after she passed away last year.

Like Turner, she also passed away while serving in office.

Turner was the former mayor of Houston from 2016-2024.

Turner, one of nine children, graduated from University of Houston and Harvard Law.

'Brenda Gail and I are heartbroken by the passing of my friend Sylvester Turner. We served together in the Texas House, and I had the honor of working alongside him in Congress, even if only for a short time,' Texas Republican Rep. Brandon Weber wrote on social media mourning the loss.

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