周四，共和党参议员乔尼·恩斯特(Joni Ernst)在一次闭门共和党午餐中被食物呛到，被共和党参议员兰德·保罗(Joni)救了出来，后者对她进行了海姆利克氏操作法。
来自爱荷华州的恩斯特后来说她没事，并证实了一名记者在X平台(原名Twitter)上对窒息事件的描述，并回复了该记者的帖子，半开玩笑地描述了她的遭遇。
“不得不对民主党强加给我们的政策感到窒息。谢谢@RandPaul博士!”恩斯特发布来自政治的记者Burgess Everett描述了窒息事件。
2023年10月17日，参议员乔尼·恩斯特在DC华盛顿州美国国会大厦与参议院共和党人举行闭门午餐会议后对记者发表讲话。
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保罗是一名眼科医生。
周四的参议院共和党午餐会每周由不同的参议员主持，通常展示来自主持参议员家乡的食物。
周四的午餐由安永主持。
安永在爱荷华州的同事共和党参议员查克·格拉斯利，张贴一张他们两人举着爱荷华州养牛者协会的牛排的照片。
Sen. Rand Paul saves choking fellow Republican Sen. Joni Ernst
Sen. Joni Ernst choked on food during a closed-door Republican lunch on Thursday and was rescued by fellow Republican Sen. Rand Paul, who performed the Heimlich maneuver on her.
Ernst, from Iowa, later said she was OK and confirmed a reporter's account of the choking episode on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, replying to the reporter's post describing what happened to her with a tongue-in-cheek caption.
"Can’t help but choke on the woke policies Dems are forcing down our throats. Thanks, Dr.@RandPaul!"Ernst postedatop one from Politico reporter Burgess Everett describing the choking incident.
Paul is a medical doctor whose focus is in ophthalmology.
The Thursday Senate Republican lunch is hosted by a different senator each week, and usually showcases food from the hosting senator's home state.
Thursday's lunch was hosted by Ernst.
GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley, Ernst's Iowa colleague,posteda photo of the two of them holding up chops of steak from the Iowa Cattlemen's Association.
