A woman attending President Obama’s Friday press briefing at the White House suffered some type of medical episode.
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Obama, speaking about just how difficult being commander in chief really is, was forced to stop when a woman in the briefing room collapsed.
“What’s going on?” he asked. “Is somebody not feeling good? We can get our doctors back there to help out. Somebody want to go to my doctor’s office and help them?”
Barack Obama speaks to reporters in the White House briefing room (Getty Images)
Shortly after the woman collapsed, Dr. Ronny Jackson — physician to the president — appeared in the briefing room to take her away for treatment.
The cause of the episode is not yet known.
.@POTUS intervenes someone sick at press conference and gets doctor…
— Sara A. Carter (@SaraCarterDC) December 16, 2016
Obama watching a sick person but having little ability to intervene or help is some too on-the-nose foreshadowing
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) December 16, 2016
Good news: the journalist who fainted is up and being brought to the White House physician’s office.
— Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) December 16, 2016
Someone is having a medical episode at Obama’s press conference
— Robby Soave (@robbysoave) December 16, 2016
If you like Obama’s doctor, you can keep Obama’s doctor.
— James Ledbetter (@jledbetter) December 16, 2016