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🥲🕊️Longtime US Rep Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who had pancreatic cancer, has died
Lillie Conley, her chief of staff, confirmed that Jackson Lee, who had pancreatic cancer, died in Houston Friday night with her family around her.
The Democrat had represented her Houston-based district and the nation’s fourth-largest city since 1995. She had previously had breast cancer and announced the pancreatic cancer diagnosis on June 2.
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https://apnews.com/article/sheila-jackson-lee-died-b2de57de41d39053a7648b16438eb009
@nursefrombirth yet another politician that would rather stay in office until they die, than retiring and letting younger people get involved.
@nursefrombirth fighter to the end 💪🏼
Hours before her family revealed her passing, Jackson Lee took to X to share her support for Biden as a growing number of her congressional colleagues call for him to drop out.
'The time is now to unite behind the President and get to work beating Donald Trump — one last time,' she wrote.
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