Ron Paul suffers ‘medical emergency’ live on Liberty Report show as fans pray for ex-Congressman after worrying vid
FORMER Congressman Ron Paul appeared to suffer a stroke or some other kind of medical emergency while he was live streaming his Liberty Report web series Friday.
In the middle of speaking, the 85-year-old Libertarian icon appears to begin slurring his speech in the troubling clip.
Hundreds of thousands of viewers tune in for every episode of the former presidential candidate’s web series.
Just moments after the medical emergency, Twitter was flooded with prayers for Paul.
There has been no official confirmation of what kind of medical emergency Paul suffered from yet.
BNO News reported that the former Congressman was taken to the hospital as a precaution.
His YouTube feed cut short after the brief clip.
Paul served as a Representative for Texas for 20 years and has run for president three times.
Before his career in politics, Paul was a practicing physician.
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He served as a flight surgeon for the US Air Force in the 1960s and then worked as an obstetrician-gynecologist up until the 1980s.
His son, Rand Paul, serves as a Senator for Kentucky.
Neither has made a statement yet regarding Paul’s health.