Jason Lewis, a Republican one-term, former U.S. Congressman for Minnesota, was rushed into emergency surgery Monday for a potentially life-threatening condition, a severe internal hernia, according to his campaign. “The former congressman was experiencing abdominal pain and was hurried into the emergency room Monday morning for tests.
Doctors determined he had a hernia, which could be life-threatening if it’s not treated fast,” the Star-Tribune reports. Lewis, an anti-LGBTQ, racist, misogynistic former talk show host, is trying to unseat incumbent U.S.
Senator Tina Smith (D-MN). Smith posted well-wishes for Lewis on social media. Lewis has made national headlines for comparing LGBTQ people to rapists and warning they might harm children,