An elderly Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives was injured after falling on the marble stairs in Congress, according to multiple reports on social media.
Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina was reportedly bleeding after the fall Friday but was being attended to by medical personnel.
The spill came after Foxx congratulated Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana for successfully winning a vote to be speaker of the House for President-elect Donald Trump’s second term.
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“Lots of blood but officer tells me she’s okay as press is cleared from area. She is conscious/ talking,” said ABC reporter John Parkinson.
“She is sitting on one of the steps now and holding paper towels against her face. Staff helping her out,” said NewsNation correspondent Tom Dempsey.
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