CAMBRIDGE, MA- Jon Huntsman is in critical condition after reportedly being struck by lightning during a John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum event.

After a Kennedy School student posed a question about combatting global warming, Huntsman joked, “As a Republican, I might get struck by lightning for talking about this!”

Unfortunately for the forsaken Republican, just as he was getting into the issue of his party’s opposition to crucial climate change policy, a bolt of lightning crashed through the ceiling and struck him directly, stopping him short.  Huntsman is currently receiving Romneycare at Mount Auburn Hospital.