Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, shared heartbreaking news this week.
Love, who has been battling serious brain cancer, announced the cancer no longer responding to treatment.
In a statement posted to Love’s social media account over the weekend, Love’s daughter shared that her mother’s cancer is progressing.
“We have shifted our focus from treatment to enjoying our remaining time with her,” Abigale Love wrote, adding that she would like followers to share pictures, videos and memories with her. “I am building an archive of special memories with Mia.”
Love was diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2022. She was given up to 15 months to live, but she surpassed the odds of the aggressive brain cancer.
The 49-year-old Republican told CNN’s Jake Tapper that in August 2023 she began receiving immunotherapy as part of a clinical trial at the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke University.
“It hasn’t been an easy journey, but I share it because I want my journey to give others hope,” Love said on Facebook shortly after sharing the details of her diagnosis.
“Whether you are facing a cancer diagnosis yourself, or fighting a different battle, there is hope! For me, that hope comes from my faith and my family. Both have been a source of immeasurable strength, peace, love, and support. Every day, I thank God for my life and a family who give that life beauty and meaning.”
Love, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, was elected in 2014 to the U.S. House of Representatives, where she served for two terms.
In 2016, Love became one of the few Republicans to announce that she would not support then-candidate Donald Trump for the presidency following the release of the “Access Hollywood” tape.
“His behavior and bravado have reached a new low,” Love said at the time.
Love continued to clash with Trump after his 2016 victory, distancing herself from his immigration and trade policies and blasting him for describing countries — including her parents’ birthplace — as “s‑‑‑hole countries.”
“The [president’s] comments are unkind, divisive, elitist, and fly in the face of our nation’s values,” Love said at the time. “The President must apologize to both the American people and the nations he so wantonly maligned.”