{"id":1603763,"date":"2022-08-12T17:02:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T21:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1603763"},"modified":"2022-08-12T17:02:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T21:02:28","slug":"watch-politician-swallows-bee-while-speaking-to-reporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-politician-swallows-bee-while-speaking-to-reporters\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Politician Swallows Bee While Speaking To Reporters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-politician-swallows-bee-while-speaking-to-reporters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1603763&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A top <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/canadas-justin-trudeau-mocked-over-new-haircut-draws-comparison-to-dumb-and-dumber\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian politician<\/a> swallowed a bee while speaking to reporters Friday, and went right on waxing about health care policy.<\/p>\n<p>Ontario Premier Doug Ford was taking questions from reporters in Dundalk when the insect flew into his mouth and went down the hatch, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/doug-ford-swallows-bee-1.6549613?cmp=DM_Display_PopularNow_CBCToronto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to CBC<\/a>. The voluble politician laughed it off \u2013 after trying in vain to expel the honeymaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHoly Christ, I just swallowed a bee,\u201d Ford said as he coughed violently.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Doug Ford swallows bee during live news conference<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SPPkAvmjqF\">https:\/\/t.co\/SPPkAvmjqF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SQVxkQoEGH\">pic.twitter.com\/SQVxkQoEGH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CP24 (@CP24) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CP24\/status\/1558133274815373312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He took a long pull from a water bottle and then quipped: \u201cThis is going to be played over and over again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the audience watched with concern, Ford seemed to be in discomfort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSorry guys. The little bugger got away in there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>When someone asked if he was okay to resume his speech, Ford said he was.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m OK. It\u2019s buzzing in there,\u201d he said. \u201cMan, he went right down the hatch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ford finally recovered and resumed his speech about health care, saying he will \u201cget creative\u201d in considering how it can be delivered, including potential further privatization.<\/p>\n<p>After winding down, Ford still had the bee in his belly and on his mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a good one \u2026 I can\u2019t remember what we were talking about. I\u2019ll be rushing to the hospital to get this bee out of here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The bee\u00a0\u201cis working hard building a hive down there,\u201d he added as the news conference ended.\u00a0\u201cThat sucker is still buzzing away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 57-year-old Ford, who was elected in 2018, is the older brother of the late Rob Ford, the colorful onetime mayor of Toronto who battled crack cocaine and alcohol addiction before dying of cancer in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A top Canadian politician swallowed a bee while speaking to reporters Friday, and went right on waxing about health care policy. Ontario Premier Doug Ford was taking questions from reporters in Dundalk when the insect flew into his mouth and went down the hatch, according to CBC. 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