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DRAMATIC footage shows the moment a doctor rushed on stage to save a politician who suddenly fainted mid-speech.
Ileana Garcia said she feeling unwell and needed to sit down before collapsing.
The state senator appeared to lose her train of thought when she was thanking Florida Governor Ron DeSantis about a new environment bill.
Garcia then told DeSantis she needed to sit down.
The politician’s head dropped and she said: “I’m not feeling well.”
Garcia then collapsed but she was saved by Joseph Ladapo, the Florida Surgeon General.
“We’ve got you, we’ve got you, we’ve got you,” he said.
Those in the front row rushed to get the politician a chair so she could sit down.
Moments later, she went back to the podium and started speaking again.
“Are you kidding? This was my moment,” she joked.
“Nerve wracking but this is my moment.”
She then composed herself, exhaled, and then continued where she had left off.
Garcia received a warm round of applause following her speech.
And the next speaker, Roberto Gonzalez, a Miami-Dade commissioner, encouraged those in attendance to applaud the politician another time.
“Absolutely nothing is going to stop that woman from fighting for the people of Florida,” he said.
Are you kidding? This was my moment
Ileania Garcia
Garcia, the daughter of Cuban exiles, has not spoken out about the moment.
The politician, who represents Florida’s 36th District in the state senate, was elected in 2022.
She was re-elected with a margin of more than 20,000 votes.
She previously represented the state’s 37th District in the state senate.
Garcia previously served under Donald Trump at the Department of Homeland Security.
And, she was on the communications team for the Latinas for Trump group before the 2016 election.
In February, Delbert Hosemann, the Mississippi Lieutenant Governor, collapsed during a speech on the Tennessee state senate floor.
Distressing footage showed the elderly politician’s head slump before falling sideways.
Earlier this year, Democratic lawmaker John Larson appeared to freeze during a speech about Social Security.
