On Tuesday Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, was elected president pro tem of the Texas Senate.
With her large family in attendance, Van de Putte received the honor in a wheel chair, the aftermath of hurting her foot last month in Washington.
She had to be picked up and carried to the podium by several senators, including a still hulking, but older Royce West, D-Dallas.
“They had to do some heavy lifting today,” Van de Putte joked, though later West told a reporter it was nothing.
“Look at these guns,” West said as he flexed.
Van de Putte, always with a sense of humor, discussed hurting her foot.
“I fell victim to government failure at the local level_ a pothole,” she said. “No, it wasn’t the fiscal cliff.”