GOP Senate Nominee Has Medical Episode Mid-Debate

Fox News reports:

New Jersey Senate candidate Curtis Bashaw, a Republican, appeared to freeze on Sunday during his debate against Democrat Rep. Andy Kim. The GOP candidate stopped speaking mid-sentence during his comments about affordability and appeared to look off into space.

Kim was the first to rush over and check on Bashaw after noticing something was wrong. The debate then took a commercial break, so Bashaw could be checked on. He left the room for about 10 minutes.

“Curtis is fine! He was on the campaign trail all day and didn’t get a chance to eat,” a campaign spokesperson said. “He stepped off-stage and had a protein bar and some Coke and came back to debate five minutes later. Even having not eaten all day, Curtis was still able to eat Andy Kim’s lunch tonight!”

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From NJ Senate debate, Curtis Bashaw (R) appears to have a medical incident. Rep. Andy Kim (D) approaches podium and asks, “Are you okay?”

After a 9 min. break, Bashaw says, “I got so worked up about this affordability issue that I realized I hadn’t eaten so much food today.” pic.twitter.com/stHaRUUCvS

— CSPAN (@cspan) October 7, 2024

Bashaw was asked if he was ever tested for epilepsy or diabetes or being treated for something. He said “No. None of that. No. No.” pic.twitter.com/qwTdIlErWu

— Michael Matthews (@mcm1071989) October 7, 2024