"Or did you just fall?" Then they speculated I might be clumsy. REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: CONGRESS BRACES FOR POST-ELECTION GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIRS AS LEADERSHIP BATTLES LOOM Oh. I fall like everyone else.
I’ve taken a couple of tumbles on predawn runs in Alexandria, Virginia. You never know when one of those sidewalk snakes will slither up from the asphalt and nip you on the ankle. I studied martial arts for years and hold a second degree black belt.
"But, what do you think it was?" they follow up. Well, I have my theories. I was a little tired that day.
I noted the lip on the small staircase near the Memorial Door of the U.S. Capitol where I may have caught the edge of my brown loafers. Slight scuff on the toes.
Perfectly matched with my crisp tan summer suit. Not quite an "Obama" tan suit. But appropriate for summer.
And I thought at least reasonably dapper for traipsing around the U.S. Capitol and covering Congress on a sweltering July day. Or how about my haste to "get the story." I spotted then-Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his small coterie of aides and a security detail descending a spiral staircase after a meeting with then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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