US Senator Paul saved a colleague who choked on a steak during a party lunch – Rossiyskaya Gazeta

According to him, the Republicans of the Upper House met on Thursday for lunch without guests. While he was eating, Ernst choked on the steak and began to choke. Paul, who completed an ophthalmology residency as a young man, used what is known as the Heimlich maneuver, a first aid procedure used to remove foreign objects blocking the upper airway.

Ernst herself later responded jokingly to the incident, blaming the Democrats in power for what happened. “I couldn’t help but suffocate with the politics of awakening that the Democrats impose on us,” RIA Novosti quotes in its publication on the social network X.

The political term “woke” comes from African American English and refers to an increased focus on issues of social, racial and gender justice.

It should be noted that Joni Ernst is the first female veteran in the United States Senate. During the Iraq War in 2003-2004, she served 14 months in Kuwait as a company commander.