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Woman (Kind of) Faints During Obama’s Speech

OMEN?

“This happens when I talk too long.”

The best laid plans…A woman appeared to be light-headed and had to be escorted out during President Obama’s Rose Garden speech on Monday. The woman has been identified as Karmel Allison; she is diabetic, according the White House, was invited to the press conference after she successfully enrolled in Obamacare. As Obama spoke, Allison's eyes rolled back and she became unsteady on her feet, causing the president to turn around and ask her if she was OK. “This is what happens when I talk too long,” Obama said (likely a flashback to his teaching days) as Allison was led off stage—and into history, as she will become a meme.

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