A Republican Pennsylvania congressman, in a vulnerable suburban Philadelphia seat repeatedly targeted by Democrats, is engaged to a Fox News reporter.
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a 51-year-old Bucks County lawmaker representing the 1st Congressional District, recently proposed to Jacqui Heinrich, a senior White House correspondent, in a lavender field in Provence, France on June 29, according to People magazine , which first reported the story.
It's a memory that will be seared into my brain for life," Heinrich, 36, told People. "It felt like a fairy tale.
Fitzpatrick was not quoted in the People article and has not posted anything on social media regarding the engagement.
Heinrich shared the article on X/Twitter With a photo of the two in a lavender field, adding, "Fact check: true" accompanied by some heart-filled emojis.
The couple has been together since 2021.
Fitzpatrick "paid attention" to comments she made last year about dreaming of a trip to the French Riviera "to eat the baguettes, see the lavender fields, drink the wine and eat the butter," Heinrich told People.
She said Fitzpatrick, who is in his fifth two-year term, booked a trip for her birthday and insisted they were going despite the debate that was raging over the Republicans' controversial tax and spending bill, which Fitzpatrick initially voted for in May.
However, when it came time for final passage and concurring with Senate amendments, Fitzpatrick flipped and was one of just two Republican House members to vote against the bill, saying provisions cutting Medicaid funding "fell short of our standard."
Fitzpatrick's purplish district has made him a perpetual target for Democrats seeking to flip a House seat in Pennsylvania.
In November, Fitzpatrick defeated Democratic challenger Ashley Ehasz by 13 percentage points.
Heinrich said she thought something was wrong when Fitzpatrick dismissed any suggestion that the bill would interfere with their trip.
"He was like, 'We're going. We're going to the lavender fields. All I want is to see the lavender fields at sunrise," said Heinrich. "All the time I've known this man, he has never been desperate to see a field of flowers at dawn. So, I had a feeling that (a proposal) was the goal," she told People.
The two left at 1:30 a.m. to drive over two hours to be in Valensole before dawn. After Fitzpatrick stopped and encouraged her to walk into a lavender field, a photographer and drone appeared to capture the moment, said Heinrich.
Fitzpatrick picked out a ring from the Heinrich family jeweler in Maine, she said. The ring is a "brilliant-cut round diamond solitaire on a six-prong platinum setting with a yellow gold band," reported People.
The newly engaged couple spent time in St. Tropez and Cannes before flying back home.
Heinrich praised Fitzpatrick as "strong and a man of faith, who brings me closer to God. He's sweet and gentle and kind — all of the easy qualities in a person that just make him a joy to be around and life brighter."
No wedding date has been set yet, but Heinrich told People that they will have a Catholic ceremony.
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