If you watched the House of Delegates first floor session of the week, youmight have been delighted to hear that a Maryland resident by the name of Bart Harley Jarvis had just been named national Baby of the Year.
But there is no Bart Harley Jarvis. There is not even a Baby of the Year.
The announcement on the House floor — which came from Del. Gary Simmons (D- Anne Arundel) — was a prank, set in motion by Del. Vaughn Stewart (D- Montgomery), according to a video he shared on TikTok.
Stewart, the House’s self-appointed merry prankster, was inspired
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