Daily Caller: One of Donald Trump’s federal appeals court nominees saved a man’s life at a Texas restaurant on Tuesday.
Don Willett, who currently serves on the Texas Supreme Court, confirmed to The Daily Caller that he performed the Heimlich maneuver on a man at a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Austin.
Willett’s heroic actions were first flagged on Twitter by Stephen Dillard, a chief judge on Georgia’s court of appeals.
Willett, who was nominated by Trump earlier this year for a position on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, recounted the incident in a statement to TheDC.
“I was hunched over my MacBook, munching some Chick-fil-A chicken strips while discussing errands with my wife on my cell. Suddenly, a nearby customer rushed to the booth in front of me and started performing the Heimlich maneuver on a dad who was dining with his young daughter,” said Willett.
Willett says he hung up the phone on his wife — “first time in 21 years!” he noted — and rushed to the scene.
A middle school band director named Herson De La Garza had started performing the Heimlich maneuver on the choking customer. After “three or four upward abdominal thrusts,” the man was still choking, Willett said. read more
I can see the WaPo headline now:
“Texas Republican Gropes Man At Chik-Fil-A”
WAPO: Republican performs ‘Highly Sexualized Maneuver’ on constituent without verbal consent.
Act ‘performed’ in front of underage children.
Chick-fil-a did not disapprove of Republican’s actions.
“Would this person be so quick to step in if the ‘victim’ was a person of color?”
NT Times: Trump nominee to court blindsides man in Chick-Fil-A.
Just heard on radio (7.35) Matt Lauer just got fired
for being a Dick. ’bout time!
Conservative attempts anal penetration on hapless customer at greasy spoon. The victim was approached from behind and placed in a submission hold while retching on bad food.
I’ve only been present one time when a friend was choking on food and without someone performing the Heimlich, he would have died. Scary stuff. Kudos to this judge!
@Thirdtwin:
Or, “Hispanic hero performs Heimlich and old, entitled GOP white man rushes in to take credit.”
I heard about them Hind Lick Maneuvers, Sounds nasty to me.
So someone was choking on the chicken only to have the chicken choked out of them? Sounds rather licentious!
Has the video been released to the public yet? Asking for a friend…
If I were a comedian, I would datamine the pages of iOTW.
You guys are some awesome comedy writers.
Too bad there is no demand for conservative comedy, now that Tim is off the air.
Thanks guys, you never disappoint.
Follow judge Don Willett on Twitter. I hear he’s clean comedy gold and loves puns.
@MJA, our resident punster, Viet vet, would be tough competion for the judge! 😁