(Radio Iowa) – A Kentucky senator who’s an eye doctor performed the Heimlich maneuver on Iowa Senator Joni Ernst today (Thursday), as she was choking during a lunch with fellow G-O-P senators. Ernst thanked Senator Rand Paul in a social media post, and joked that she couldn’t help but choke on what she called “the woke policies Democrats are forcing down our throats.

Via Grassley’s X account

Senator Chuck Grassley posted a photo online showing Ernst holding a plate with a beef sandwich and some kind of side dish. It was an “Iowa Day” lunch for Republicans in the U-S Senate, with pork and beef on the menu.