A Texas Republican leader who was hospitalized with COVID-19 died Wednesday, just days after he shared a post on social media questioning the effectiveness of the coronavirus vaccine.
The Galveston County Republican Party said in a Facebook post Wednesday morning that Scott Apley, a member of the State Republican Executive Committee and Dickinson City Council, had died.
While the party did not specify the cause of death, a GoFundMe page that had been set up for Apley and his family said he was admitted to a hospital Sunday with “pneumonia-like symptoms and tested positive for COVID.”
As of Thursday morning, the GoFundMe page had raised more than $30,000.
Apley, 45, is survived by his wife, Melissa, who according to the fundraising page has also tested positive for the coronavirus but has not been hospitalized, and their infant son.
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Texas Republican leader dies of COVID-19 five days after anti-vaccination post https://t.co/jwOTUc7rSR pic.twitter.com/38LXzg9idn
— The Hill (@thehill) August 6, 2021
I’ll refrain from saying what I’d like to say. I just hope he didn’t pass the virus to someone who dies as a result.
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