North Carolina Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx collapsed at the Capitol on Friday after a crucial vote to become speaker of the 119th Congress, according to the News & Observer.
The 81-year-old man slipped while walking down the marble stairs outside the House chamber. reportedIt quoted a text message from publicist Alex Ives. Ms Fox reportedly slipped on her way to the House of Commons gallery to speak to her family. The gallery overlooks the chamber and is a place where visitors can observe proceedings in the chamber.
“After being helped to her feet and attended to by medical personnel, she made her way to her doctor’s office on her own to receive treatment for several cuts,” Ives told the publication. “Everything seems okay.”
Reporters who allegedly witnessed the fall of the second-oldest Republican woman in the House of Representatives noticed she had blood running down her face and legs and was covering her nose, according to the News & Observer. . (Related: Nancy Pelosi reveals major surgery after painful fall).
A photo circulated on X shows Ms Fox on a staircase, her face covered in what appears to be a tissue, surrounded by people caring for her.
Congresswoman Virginia Foxx slipped and fell while walking on the marble steps outside the House chamber this afternoon. Spocks, 81, suffered several cuts, but was examined by medical personnel and his doctor and said “everything seems OK.” pic.twitter.com/Jebe6AIDES
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The stairs were sealed off for a while to cleanse the blood.
“Thank you everyone for your prayers. I’m fine, just a little hurt.” Fox I wrote In X after she falls.
“I’m a mountain girl. We’re tougher than a $2 steak,” she added.
WASHINGTON, DC – April 17: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Chair of the House Education and Workforce Committee, speaks and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), Chair of the House Republican Conference, speaks on the House floor. Hear from the press conference with the students. Columbia University held at the Rayburn House Office Building on April 17, 2024 in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on “Columbia in Crisis: Columbia University’s Response to Anti-Semitism.” (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Mr. Fox has served as a member of North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District since 2005.
Foxx’s ouster came after Mike Johnson won re-election as House speaker in the first round of voting on Friday. During the vote, six members remained silent when their names were first called. The other three lawmakers initially nominated another Republican to be chair. Had the vote ended this way, Mr Johnson would have been two votes short of the majority of 218 needed to win the election.
Two Republican senators, Chip Roy of Texas and Paul Gosar of Arizona, initially withheld their votes for Johnson, but changed their votes before voting closed, handing the victory to their Louisiana colleague. Gave.
Fox was one of them. I voted For Johnson.
