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Bernie Sanders interrupts press conference to rush to fainting man

The Democratic presidential candidate very narrowly lost the Iowa caucus to Hilary Clinton on Monday

Hardeep Matharu
Thursday 04 February 2016 11:07 GMT
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Bernie to the rescue

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Bernie Sanders interrupted a press conference to rush to a man who fainted at the event.

The Democratic party presidential candidate was speaking in New Hampshire when a man watching from the sidelines was heard falling to the floor.

The self-described “democratic socialist” senator from Vermont stopped mid-sentence and was heard to say “oh my God”.

He then added: “Can we have a physician in.”

The man was seen lying on the floor for a short while before being helped to walk out of the room, after receiving a pat on the back from Mr Sanders.

The senator very narrowly lost the Democratic party’s Iowa caucus on Monday, with Hilary Clinton winning 49.9 per cent of the electorate’s votes – to Mr Sanders’ 49.6 per cent.

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