Pro-Israel Republican Congresswoman Killed In A Car Crash In Indiana

WASHINGTON (AP/VINnews) — Republican U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski of Indiana was killed Wednesday in car accident, her office says.

“Jackie’s husband, was just informed by the Elkhart County Sheriff’s office that Jackie was killed in a car accident this afternoon. She has returned home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Please keep her family in your thoughts and prayers. We will have no further comment at this time,” her office said in a statement.

The Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office said they were called to the scene of a two-vehicle crash shortly after noon. Police said a car traveled left of the center lane and collided head-on with an SUV Walorski was riding in, killing Walorski, 58, and two others in the vehicle.

A 55-year-old woman driving the other car was also killed in the crash, police said.

AIPAC mourns the loss of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski and two of her staff members. @RepWalorski was an outspoken supporter of a strong U.S.-Israel relationship. We convey our heartfelt condolences to her family, friends, staff, and constituents.

— AIPAC (@AIPAC) August 3, 2022

Walorski, who served on the House Ways and Means Committee, was first elected to represent Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District in 2012. She previously served three terms in the state’s legislature.

Walorski, was born in South Bend and lived near Elkhart, Indiana. She and her husband were previously missionaries in Romania, where they established a foundation that provided food and medical supplies to impoverished children. She worked as a television news reporter in South Bend before her turn to politics.

In 2019, Walorski voted to stand with Israel as a key ally of the United States and to oppose the radical Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement that seeks to delegitimize the world’s only Jewish state.

“Israel is one of America’s closest friends, and we stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our vital ally in the face of threats to delegitimize and even destroy the world’s only Jewish state,” Wallorski said at that time.

It is with a heavy heart that I am sharing this statement from the Office of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski. pic.twitter.com/UEPoKBDf5N

— Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) August 3, 2022

America stands with Israel. I joined more than 100 of my Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirming the U.S.-Israel alliance. We support Israel’s right to self-defense and continue to oppose the radical BDS movement. pic.twitter.com/TN2aaFKIjz

— Jackie Walorski (@RepWalorski) June 25, 2020