R i g h t a r d i a: TeaBaggers jeer a mother who lost her pregnant daughter who had no health insurance

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

TeaBaggers jeer a mother who lost her pregnant daughter who had no health insurance

Now this is low, even for politics.

That's how Chicago reporter Kristen McQueary described the ugly scene which emerged during a recent town hall with Rep. Dan Lipinski.

Facing an audience stacked with Tea Party members, Lipinski introduced a family who believe they lost a daughter and unborn grandchild because the girl did not have health insurance.

Dan and Midge Hough, of Chicago, said their daughter-in-law Jenny, 24, was not receiving basic prenatal care and fell ill with double pneumonia. She eventually developed septic shock and went into respiratory failure.

"Her baby died in the womb, and Jenny died a few weeks later, leaving behind a husband and a 2-year-old daughter," noted McQueary, writing for The South Town Star.

When Midge Hough took the stage to tell Jenny's tale, the Tea Party crowd began to jeer, mocking her story and accusing her of inventing the sad affair.