Florida Rep. Greg Steube was transported to a hospital Wednesday afternoon after he fell off a roof.
“Congressman Steube was involved in an accident on his property late this afternoon and has sustained several injuries. We will provide additional updates when possible. Please pray for the Congressman and his family,” Steube’s workforce stated in a press release on Twitter.
Florida GOP Vice Chair Christian Ziegler shared an replace on Steube late Wednesday evening.
Representative Greg Steube, a Republican from Florida, listens throughout a House Judiciary Subcommittee listening to in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Bloomberg by way of Getty Images)
“I just heard that even though Congressman @RepGregSteube is still in the hospital, he is doing well. Big relief to hear,” Ziegler tweeted.
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He continued, “Our country, state & local community needs him to recover and get back to fighting for us in Congress ASAP.”
According to Florida Politics, which cited native sources, the Republican congressman fell from the roof of his residence on Wednesday and was rushed to an area Sarasota, Florida hospital.Â
The 44-year-old Representative serves Florida’s seventeenth congressional district, which incorporates the outer suburbs of Sarasota and Fort Myers by the Everglades.Â
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Steube has been a congressman since 2019 and beforehand served three phrases within the Florida House of Representatives, in addition to two years within the Florida Senate till 2018.