South Carolina GOP Leader Who Pushed Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories Dies of Covid-19

Pressley Stutts, who served arsenic an enforcement committee subordinate of the Greenville County Republican Party and the person of the Greenville Tea Party, died successful South Carolina aft a conflict with Covid-19.

Stutts had pushed backmost against vaccination efforts successful his authorities and regularly shared Covid-19 conspiracy theories.

In June, helium insisted that vaccination efforts amounted to an “ungodly initiative.”

He besides backed a determination by the South Carolina legislature to portion funds from colleges that necessitate their students to beryllium vaccinated successful bid to attend.

Last month, helium dismissed the severity of the Delta variant, which was apt the 1 that killed him.

Stutts’ decease was confirmed by Dan Harvell, who represents the Anderson County Republican Party connected the South Carolina Republican Party’s enforcement committee.

“I truly don’t person words to accidental astir the imprint that helium near connected the governmental scenery successful South Carolina,” Harvell told The Greenville News. “He had the benignant of property that enabled him to get done what others couldn’t do. He was similar the member I ne'er had.”

Stutts had been successful the infirmary since August 1, aft his oxygen levels dropped. Before helium died, helium confirmed to his Facebook followers that helium was dealing with “double pneumonia successful my lungs” but insisted that arsenic “an ardent defender of Freedom and Liberty, I americium for allowing the conscience of each galore and pistillate to workout what level of communal consciousness the Good Lord has fixed you to bash what is close for you.”