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JUST IN: 81-Year-Old GOP Congresswoman Falls on the Staircases at U.S. Capitol Following Speaker Vote
Gateway Pundit ^ | 01/03/2025 | Cullen Linebarger

Posted on 01/03/2025 2:47:04 PM PST by DFG

Yet another disturbing incident involving one of America’s federally elected officials happened today after Mike Johnson was elected House Speaker on Friday.

81-year-old Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) had just finished voting to help elect Johnson when disaster struck. Fox News revealed that she fell on the grand staircases on the GOP side of the Capitol.

PBS Newshour Correspondent Lisa Desjardins revealed Capitol Police soon swarmed the scene to attend to the elderly member of Congress.

(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: 5thcdnorthcarolina; 81yearold; cullenlinebarger; elderly; house; northcarolina5thcd; toughasa2bucksteak; virginiafoxx
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To: DFG

Term Limits strikes, again!


61 posted on 01/03/2025 3:36:17 PM PST by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Williams

Sorry 81 is to damn old PERIOD!!!


62 posted on 01/03/2025 3:44:15 PM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: deport

It looks like she may have vision problems, too.


63 posted on 01/03/2025 3:47:07 PM PST by x
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To: packagingguy

“ At some point people need to retire.”

We accept that these people put term limits on the presidency.

Not on themselves.


64 posted on 01/03/2025 3:47:50 PM PST by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: maddog55

Thumbs up to that Dawg


65 posted on 01/03/2025 3:48:36 PM PST by crosdaddy
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

should will get you exactly nowhere.


66 posted on 01/03/2025 3:49:56 PM PST by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: deport

“start there”

The books about Biden staff having to wipe his ass will be on shelves soon.

Mitch will glitch again.

Large majority want age limits on all 3 branches.


67 posted on 01/03/2025 3:53:47 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: DFG

There really shouldn’t even be women there. But a 80 year old grandma making the laws is insane and shows how low America has sunk.


68 posted on 01/03/2025 3:55:01 PM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI..)
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To: Williams

Yeah, we aren’t the USSR. Their leaders were much younger. Brezhnev was 75 Chernenko died at 73, and drop off at 69. Even the USSR didn’t have people in their 80s and 90s lol


69 posted on 01/03/2025 3:57:41 PM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI..)
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To: Jonty30

Apparently my Congress rep (until today) was in a dementia care facility for the last 6 months. Not a serious country


70 posted on 01/03/2025 4:01:29 PM PST by teevolt
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

DING!! DING!!! DING!!!! WINNER!!


71 posted on 01/03/2025 4:01:49 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Sacajaweau

This wasn’t Pelosi falling...it was FOXX!


72 posted on 01/03/2025 4:03:25 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Williams
Jesus

May his Holy Name be honored and glorified. Amen.


73 posted on 01/03/2025 4:08:17 PM PST by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: DFG

wear flats


74 posted on 01/03/2025 4:09:07 PM PST by joshua c
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To: pollywog
In 1973 the Senate received their first elevator, the House side 1880.

The Capitol building, constructed in the 1930s with an art deco design, features elevators that once had attendants until they were modernized in 1991. In 1994, one of the four elevators was extended to the 18th floor, which includes an observation deck offering a panoramic view of the city.

So, yes they have levators.

Perhaps she didn't want to wait for an elevator?

75 posted on 01/03/2025 4:10:00 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

Trump will be older than that for his last entire year in office.


76 posted on 01/03/2025 4:32:17 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Bonemaker

So who stays longer?


77 posted on 01/03/2025 4:34:38 PM PST by Thomas Jerome (noob,retread,seagull,Chuck Schumer etc...)
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To: Thomas Jerome

Dems shouldn’t be there in first place...as currently configured.


78 posted on 01/03/2025 4:52:46 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Williams

You must have misread my post. I clearly said whichever they choose. I did not express an opinion of where I would send them, but thanks for your reply.


79 posted on 01/03/2025 4:53:42 PM PST by Fireone (1.Avoid crowds 2.Head on a swivel 3.Be prepared to protect & defend those around you 4.Avoid crowds)
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To: kiryandil

“Virginia Foxx
@virginiafoxx
57m
Thank you to everyone for your prayers – just a few small cuts and I’m doing just fine.
I’m a mountain woman, and we’re tougher than a $2 steak.”

https://youtu.be/7zJ2TSrXv3E?si=i7Wr_eLRzYRJKY9u

She reminds me of this tough old gal!


80 posted on 01/03/2025 4:59:56 PM PST by Dogbert41 (“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” -Matthew 5:9)
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