{"id":91348,"date":"2026-07-16T04:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2026\/07\/16\/democrat-announces-the-sudden-death-of-12-day-old-great-granddaughter-as-another-incredibly-painful-tragedy-strikes-her-family\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T04:53:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:53:00","slug":"democrat-announces-the-sudden-death-of-12-day-old-great-granddaughter-as-another-incredibly-painful-tragedy-strikes-her-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2026\/07\/16\/democrat-announces-the-sudden-death-of-12-day-old-great-granddaughter-as-another-incredibly-painful-tragedy-strikes-her-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat announces the sudden death of 12-day-old great-granddaughter as another &#8216;incredibly painful&#8217; tragedy strikes her family"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js-article-text\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/link.news.dailymail.co.uk\/join\/dc-insider-sign-up?utm_source=dailymail.co.uk&#038;utm_medium=organic_editorial&#038;utm_campaign=conversion_newsletter&#038;utm_term=dcinsider_bullets&#038;utm_budgetpot=organic\">Sign up HERE for DC Insider <\/a>&#8211; your free guide to what&#8217;s rocking Washington<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>See more Daily Mail on Google &#8211; <a rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=dailymail.com\">save us as a Preferred Source<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/profile-962\/jon-michael-raasch.html\">JON MICHAEL RAASCH, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/follow?screen_name=JMRaasch&#038;tw_p=followbutton\"><span><\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><span> <span>Published:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-07-15T21:10:58+0100\"> 16:10 EDT, 15 July 2026 <\/time> <\/span> | <span> <span>Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-07-16T08:53:20+0100\"> 03:53 EDT, 16 July 2026 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>A top House <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/democrats\/index.html\" id=\"mol-01767730-8086-11f1-92ab-c3bb240c471e\">Democrat<\/a> revealed that she will have to make an emergency trip from Washington back home after a tragic death in her family.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/michigan\/index.html\" id=\"mol-01784bf0-8086-11f1-92ab-c3bb240c471e\">Michigan<\/a> Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Dingell shared Wednesday afternoon on social media that she will be returning home to care for her family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Today I am returning home to be with my family during an incredibly painful and deeply personal time,&#8217; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Our familys 12-day-old daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter has returned home to God this afternoon. We have been in Gods hands throughout all of this.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Dingell, 72, comes from a political dynasty that has represented Michigan for nearly 100 years.<\/p>\n<p>She first came to <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/us-congress\/index.html\" id=\"mol-01769e40-8086-11f1-92ab-c3bb240c471e\">Congress<\/a> in 2015 to fill the seat vacated by her late husband, John Dingell Jr, who served in the House from 1955 until 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Before that, John Dingell Sr held the seat since 1933, meaning the family has represented the district without interruption for 93 years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;While I had planned to be present for votes today and tomorrow, my family needs me now,&#8217; the Congresswoman wrote in a follow-up post.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Democratic Michigan Congresswoman Debbie Dingell announced that she has to make an emergency trip back home to help her family after a tragic death<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Dingell, pictured above with former President Joe Biden, shared that her family lost a 12-day-old child tragically<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8216;In moments like this, there is no greater responsibility than being by the side of those we love, offering comfort, support, and remembrance.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Congresswoman&#8217;s colleagues immediately began paying their respects to the Democrat for her loss.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Sending our deepest condolences to Debbie,&#8217; Republican Congressman Mike Lawler of New York posted. &#8216;Keeping her granddaughter and the entire Dingell family in our prayers.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Michigan Democratic Party wrote on X: &#8216;Our deepest sympathies, thoughts, and prayers are with the Dingell family during this difficult time.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The abrupt death means that Dingell will not be in Washington to vote on Capitol Hill for the remainder of the day.<\/p>\n<p>She will miss at least seven votes occurring on Wednesday afternoon, according to the House of Representatives schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Dingell does not have any children of her own but her late husband was a father of four.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                                                                                                                  <ad-slot position=\"smart_feed\"><\/ad-slot>                                                                <ad-slot position=\"after_article\"><\/ad-slot>                                                                                                                                                                         <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sign up HERE for DC Insider &#8211; your free guide to what&#8217;s rocking Washington See more Daily Mail on Google &#8211; save us as a Preferred Source By JON MICHAEL RAASCH, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT Published: 16:10 EDT, 15 July 2026 | Updated: 03:53 EDT, 16 July 2026 A top House Democrat revealed that she will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-donald-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}