Rep Jim Baird and wife hospitalised after car crash, Trump says

Rep. Jim Baird and his wife are recovering in the hospital after a car crash, according to Independent.co. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday while speaking to GOP members at the Kennedy Center: "They’re going to be OK, but they had a pretty bad accident, and we’re praying that they get out of that hospital very quickly," and added, "He’s going to be fine. She’s going to be fine."

Baird, who represents west central Indiana, was first elected to Congress in 2019 and is 80 years old. "Congressman Baird is in the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery, and he is extraordinarily grateful for everyone’s prayers during this time," a statement from his office said. "Congressman Baird looks forward to continuing his work on behalf of Hoosiers."

The report said news of the accident came as Republicans in D.C. mourned the death of Republican Doug LaMalfa, a seven-term U.S. representative from California; his death, along with the resignation of Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, narrows the party’s control of the House to 218 seats to Democrats’ 213. It also recalled that in 2022 Indiana Rep. Jackie Walorski was killed in a head-on vehicle collision in which two of her staffers and the woman driving the other vehicle died.

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