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U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones Dies at 58
August 21st, 2008
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Black Political Thought states that:
According to a police report, an officer was driving behind Tubbs Jones’ car at about 9 p.m.ET and observed her weaving. After a couple of turns, the officer turned on his lights to stop the congresswoman. When she pulled to the side, her car then started to roll across the lanes of oncoming traffic. The officer then pulled his cruiser in front of her car to block it from oncoming traffic, the report said. When the officer walked up to her sedan, he noticed she was in “medical distress” and called for an ambulance.
Tubbs Jones is a trailblazer in her rights. The 58-year-old became the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress when she was elected in 1998. She is serving her fifth term in Congress. She is the chairwoman of the House Ethics Committee.
To the right is her son Mervyn Jones II at a press confrence about her condition - courtesy of the AP
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The ChicagoTribune.com further elaborates that:
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) _ Tributes from political allies and even one-time enemies came pouring in for Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, a trailblazer whose energy and outspokenness made her one of Congress’ most dynamic leaders.
Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress, died Wednesday evening after suffering a brain hemorrhage caused by a ruptured aneurysm. She was 58.
“She poured her heart and soul into her job,” said U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio. “She worked so hard and gave everything she could. I’m devastated. Wherever we’d go, we’d speak of each other as brother and sister. It’s an incalculable loss.”
Tubbs Jones represented Ohio’s heavily Democratic 11th District for five terms. She was the first black woman to serve on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee and the first to serve as a common pleas judge in Ohio.
The congresswoman suffered the hemorrhage while driving her car in suburban Cleveland Heights on Tuesday night. She had been driving erratically and her vehicle crossed lanes of traffic before coming to a stop, police said. An officer found her.
An aneurysm is a dangerous weakness or bulge in a blood vessel that can leak or rupture, causing bleeding. In Tubbs Jones, the aneurysm burst in an inaccessible part of her brain, said Dr. Gus Kious, president of Huron Hospital in East Cleveland where Tubbs Jones died. Several news organizations, including The Associated Press, incorrectly announced her death about four hours before she died.
Tubbs Jones, who chaired the House Ethics Committee, was a passionate opponent of the war in Iraq, voting in 2002 against authorizing the use of military force. Just as the war was starting in March 2003, she was one of only 11 House members to oppose a resolution supporting U.S. troops in Iraq.
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I admired her for her resolve, especially when she backed Hillary Clinton when the numbers were stacked against her. She made a tremendous mark on the political landscape in so many ways and on so many levels, that no matter how you disagree with her stance, you have to admit she was a political powerhouse. She will be sorely missed.
At least she didn’t coon for Clinton in her support like John Lewis, Andrew Young and Bob Johnson.
Ma she rest in peace.
Why are so many relatively young people dying lately?