Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) performed the Heimlich maneuver on Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) after she began choking on food during a GOP conference luncheon on Thursday, two senators in the meeting told the Washington Examiner.
Ernst was hosting the luncheon for her colleagues, and ribeye and pork chops were being served.
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“It was great that Rand was there,” Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) told the Washington Examiner.
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Paul previously worked as an ophthalmologist before being elected to the Senate in 2010. He performs pro-bono eye surgeries for patients across Kentucky” in his free time, according to his Senate website.
A spokesperson for Ernst did not respond to a request for comment on the incident, but the senator’s X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, account made a post regarding the incident, sarcastically attributing it to woke policies being forced by Democrats.
