Donald Trump’s campaign adviser, Alex Bruesewitz, unexpectedly collapsed on stage during a Republican event in New York City.
The incident reportedly took place on Sunday, December 15, at the 112th New York Young Republicans Club Gala, hosted at Cipriani Wall Street. The 27-year-old political strategist was in the middle of introducing the new White House deputy chief of staff, Dan Scavino, when he started slurring his words, a moment captured on video which was has been surfacing on X.
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“I’m forgetting my words,” Bruesewitz said while delivering his speech but then, without warning, he froze and fell to the side, knocking over the lectern and leaving the audience in disbelief. Several attendees quickly rushed to his aid.
Raheem Kassam, the event’s master of ceremonies and a former aide to British politician Nigel Farage, later reassured the crowd that Bruesewitz was doing okay backstage and had even managed to ask a question.
I talked to your friend Alex Bruesewitz and you know what he said to me? He goes, ‘Did I at least look cool?’ I said, ‘Alex, you used gravity like I’ve seen nobody use gravity before in their lives,’” Kassam said. “But he’s recuperating back there, so give him a big cheer so he’ll hear you.”
Political activist Jack Posobiec shared an update on Alex Bruesewitz via his X account on Sunday, writing, “Just talked to @alexbruesewitz backstage … He is getting checked out by medical after having a brief fainting spell onstage. All levels are normal.”
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President-elect Trump also called into the event to extend his well-wishes to Bruesewitz following the incident, the New York Post reported.
“I know that Alex is going to be fine because he’s a tough son of a gun,” Trump said, per The Independent. “There’s no doubt about that. So I want to say hello to Alex, because he’s a very special guy.”
