GOP Rep. Greg Steube hospitalized with 'serious injuries' after falling off a ladder, office says

Rep. Greg Steube is "making progress" but remained hospitalized Thursday with "several superior injuries" helium sustained aft a 25-foot autumn disconnected a ladder astatine his Florida home, his bureau said.

The 44-year-old House Republican spent the nighttime successful an intensive attraction portion aft helium was "knocked" disconnected the ladder portion cutting histrion limbs connected his spot precocious Wednesday afternoon, Steube's bureau said successful tweets from his authoritative account.

Steube's injuries "are inactive nether appraisal but not beingness threatening astatine this time," his bureau said. "He is making advancement and successful bully spirits."

It thanked the aesculapian unit treating him and Sarasota County's exigency services, arsenic good arsenic "the idiosyncratic who witnessed the autumn and instantly called 911."

It is unclear whether Steube volition beryllium incapable to question to Washington, D.C., to execute his duties, and if truthful for however long. A third-term congressman from Florida's 17th Congressional District, Steube had precocious been named to the almighty House Ways and Means Committee. He won his latest election with astir 64% of the vote.

"Our family's prayers spell retired to Congressman Steube this morning," tweeted Joe Scarborough, a erstwhile Florida Republican congressman turned MSNBC greeting big and predominant GOP critic. "We commune for Greg's speedy betterment and commune besides that helium and his household volition beryllium surrounded with emotion and support."

Steube's imaginable lack could further constrictive the already slim Republican bulk successful the House, giving House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., adjacent little leeway for dissent arsenic helium seeks to corral his caucus up of a fraught legislative session.

Earlier Thursday morning, McCarthy reiterated his vow to extremity proxy voting successful the House, a Covid-era argumentation enacted nether his Democratic predecessor, existent Rep. Nancy Pelosi.