Karmel Allison, woman in red dress who faints during Obama’s ACA speech, reveals she’s pregnant
President Obama’s Monday speech on the widespread problems with the Obamacare rollout was interrupted briefly as the woman behind the President nearly fainted.
Karmel Allison, who was standing behind President Obama during the speech in the Rose Garden, almost fainted during the president’s remarks and he stops to catch her.
Obama cracked that that’s what happens when he talks too long.
Allison tweeted after the event that she was doing fine, and also revealed she’s pregnant.
I’m ok world- just got a little lightheaded.Thanks, @BarackObama for catching me! And good thing this pregnant diabetic is pregnant 🙂 — Karmel Allison (@karmel_a) October 21, 2013
The White House released the following description of Allison ahead of the president’s speech:
Karmel Allison was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes when she was nine years old. She has stayed on the same insurance ever since, despite constantly rising costs, for fear she would not be able to find a plan that would cover her due to her pre-existing condition. Allison recently began researching her options on CoveredCA and has publically described her experience as finally feeling equal to others, including her young and healthy husband, when it comes to access to coverage.
Allison writes for a blog called, A Sweet Life, and was educated at the liberal bastion – UC Berkley.