Donald Trump’s campaign advisor Alex Bruesewitz fainted while speaking at the New York Young Republicans Club on Sunday night. Bruesewitz was standing on a podium speaking when he began slurring his words.
“Oh no… I’m forgetting my words,” he said before speaking gibberish. He then paused and stared out at the audience before passing out. Bruesewitz fell off the podium taking the lectern crashing down with him.
I hope Alex is ok, he fainted on stage speaking in NY.. #NYYRC #faints pic.twitter.com/VG6pIncNqW
— FL-Native (@FL_Native21) December 16, 2024
Via TMZ — A short time later, Raheem Kassam, the master of ceremonies, came out to announce Bruesewitz was just fine. He added that Bruesewitz made light of what had happened, asking, ‘Did I at least look cool?’
Trump phoned in to offer his support: “I know that Alex is going to be fine because he’s a tough son of a gun,” Trump said over the phone. “There’s no doubt about that. So I want to say hello to Alex, because he’s a very special guy.”
Similar neurological incidents have occurred involving reporters who seem to experience symptoms of a stroke.
But Dr. Howard Moses, a neurologist at St. Joseph Medical Center, says the cause of these neuro incidents could be a migraine.
“We call that complex migraine or complicated migraine. That’s a migraine associated with neurological signs and symptoms which simulate a stroke,” Moses said, in reference to Jessica Kartalija, an L.A. reporter who began speaking gibberish while live on the air.
Canadian reporter Jessica Robb also slurred her words and announced she wasn’t feeling well during a live broadcast.
“She knew what she wanted to say, but couldn’t say it,” Moses said. “It came out gibberish. The brain knew what it wanted to say but the mouth wouldn’t do it. Typical of something called aphasia.”
A migraine can often resolve itself on its own. A patient only needs treatment if it happens repeatedly.
??? Young Canadian reporter Jessica Robb slurs her words and appears to have a stroke on live television tonight.
She has since tweeted that she is fine and previously shared in April 2022 that she was “feeling very lucky to be vaxxed x3.” pic.twitter.com/MVjR7uxNjv
— Philippe (@phiroc1956) January 10, 2023
