Republican Rand Paul uses Heimlich maneuver to save fellow Senator from choking on food in dramatic scenes in Congress
- 'Can’t help but choke on the woke policies Dems are forcing down our throats. Thanks, Dr. @RandPaul!' Ernst, R-Iowa, wrote on X after the incident
- Ernst was the host of the Thursday lunch - which consisted of pork chops and ribeye from the Hawkeye state
Sen. Rand Paul saved a choking Sen. Joni Ernst with the Heimlich maneuver during a Senate GOP lunch on Thursday.
'Can’t help but choke on the woke policies Dems are forcing down our throats. Thanks, Dr. @RandPaul!' Ernst, R-Iowa, wrote on X after the incident.
Ernst was the host of the Thursday lunch - which consisted of pork chops and ribeye from the Hawkeye state.
'God bless Rand Paul,' Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., quipped to a reporter after the incident. 'I never thought I'd say that,' he added. The two have frequently sparred on foreign policy issues over the years.
Paul, R-Ky., is an ophthalmologist by background.
Ernst, the number four Republican in the Senate, formerly served in the Army reserves and Army National Guard.
![Sen. Rand Paul saved a choking Sen. Joni Ernst with the Heimlich maneuver during a Senate GOP lunch on Thursday](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/30/20/78440311-12811417-image-a-7_1701376222221.jpg)
Sen. Rand Paul saved a choking Sen. Joni Ernst with the Heimlich maneuver during a Senate GOP lunch on Thursday
!['Can’t help but choke on the woke policies Dems are forcing down our throats. Thanks, Dr. @RandPaul!' Ernst, R-Iowa, wrote on X after the incident](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/30/20/78440191-12811417-image-a-5_1701376207754.jpg)
'Can’t help but choke on the woke policies Dems are forcing down our throats. Thanks, Dr. @RandPaul!' Ernst, R-Iowa, wrote on X after the incident