Vice President J.D. Vance leads the crowd in prayer at a rally in Nebraska on Thursday after checking on a woman who collapsed from a medical incident.
that woman It is said As he addressed an audience in North Platte, he “appeared to pass out in the stands behind the vice president,” prompting him to recite the Lord’s Prayer and abandon the pulpit, venturing into the crowd.
“Maybe those prayer types will pray with me when they work on her,” Vance said before leading the crowd in prayer.
As other rally attendees and medical staff tended to the woman, Vance shouted, “How is she?”
According to Fox News, he then walked off the stage and climbed into the stands behind him to check on her for himself, later revealing that the woman told him it was her “first rally”:
newsweek The woman “appears to have recovered,” the report said.
“My prayers go out to the women who experienced medical emergencies at the rally in Nebraska today,” Vance wrote on X after the event. “I wish her a speedy recovery. Thank you to the medical staff and first responders for their quick response to ensure she was cared for, and to the crowd for ensuring she was cared for.”
Vance was in North Platte rallying for Nebraska Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts and Gov. Jim Pillen, both of whom are up for re-election.
Olivia Rondeau is a political correspondent for Breitbart News in Washington, D.C. find her X/Twitter and Instagram.