Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs The House of Representatives is in mourning.
Rep. Sylvester Turner—a first-term democrat elected to represent Texas in November—died after suffering a medical emergency following President Donald Trump’s March 4 address to Congress, NBC News confirmed, citing two fellow House democrats. He was 70.
Turner, who was the mayor of Houston from 2016 until 2024, had attended the president’s speech and posted a video to X (formerly Twitter) 30 minutes before the address around 8:30pm ET introducing his guest for the event, Angela Hernandez, who was advocating for her sick daughter.
“My message to the current administration for tonight’s State of the Union: ‘Don’t mess with Medicaid,'” he wrote March 4. “Let me be clear: any cuts to Medicaid are a direct attack on families like Angela’s.”
House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., shared the news of Turner’s passing with his colleagues during a closed-door meeting March , NBC News reported, citing a representative who had attended the meeting.
