Anti-vaxx GOP official who mocked Delta variant and praised anti-maskers days before he went to hospital dies of covid
AN ANTI-VAXX GOP official and devoted supporter of former President Trump has died from COVID after fiercely criticizing mask mandates and downplaying the severity of the virus.
Pressley Stutts, the leader of the Republican Party in Greenville County, South Carolina, succumbed to the virus Thursday morning after spending almost a month in the hospital.
The local politician remained fiercely loyal to Trump, and promoted the disproven conspiracy theory that President Biden stole the election.
In a Facebook post from the hospital on August 4, he wrote, "Every day in ICU, they give me a cognitive test asking me various questions as to date, where am I, etc.
"They always ask who the President is and I keep telling them the President is STILL Donald J. Trump! Not going to let them fool me with that poser named Joe. Nosirree!"
Earlier this summer, Stutts led a group of Trump supporters within the local Republican party to oust members who were not supportive of the former President.
Dan Harvell, a fellow member of the state Republican Party's executive committee, said: "I really don’t have words to say about the imprint that he left on the political landscape in South Carolina.
"He had the kind of personality that enabled him to get done what others couldn’t do. He was like the brother I never had."