Sen. Jeff Flake tweets after being stung by scorpion
Aug 16, 2013, 5:54 PM | Updated: 6:13 pm
One Valley insect isn’t casting its vote for Sen. Jeff Flake.
According to Politico, Flake was stung by a scorpion on Thursday morning.
The perils of living in the desert. This guy stung me today. #scorpion. pic.twitter.com/4ClrkxT0YV
— Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) August 15, 2013
A spokeswoman for Flake said that the senator’s left arm was still a bit numb on Thursday, but that he said it was “no big deal,” calling it a routine desert experience.
Flake is no stranger to the outdoors. The freshman senator took a trip to an uninhabited island in the Pacific over Memorial Day weekend with two of his sons.