Hillary Clinton has canceled a trip to California after her doctor said the Democratic presidential candidate is suffering from pneumonia.
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She had been due to head to California on the campaign trail this morning on a two day trip including a major speech on the economy – but she has chose to rest instead on medical advice after being diagnosed with the chest infection on Friday and put on antibiotics.
Clinton emerged from Chelsea Clinton’s apartment around noon, telling reporters she was “feeling great” and that it was “a attractive day in NY”.
“During the ceremony, she felt overheated so departed to go to her daughter’s apartment, and is feeling much better”, Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill had said in a statement.
Clinton’s campaign is likely to be pressed on why she did not make her pneumonia diagnosis public until late Sunday afternoon despite receiving it two days earlier. “On Friday, during follow up evaluation of her prolonged cough, she was diagnosed with pneumonia”.
Donald Trump says he hopes rival Hillary Clinton “gets well soon” after her abrupt departure from a 9/11 anniversary ceremony following a health episode.
Democratic presidental nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton waves as she leaves the home of her daughter Chelsea Clinton on September 11, 2016 in New York City. “I have just examined her and she is now re-hydrated and recovering nicely”. A contribution of 33,400 dollars or raising 50,000 dollars will result in preferred seating and having their picture taken with Clinton.
Leventhal’s reporting was initially met with skepticism by people who suggested it might be a continuation of inflated claims about Clinton’s health pushed by Trump and conservative media sources, such as Breitbart News.
The health problem was the latest blow for Clinton at a time when Trump has erased most of her lead in national opinion polls and is competitive again in many battleground states where the November 8 election is likely to be decided. She was put on antibiotics, and advised to rest and modify her schedule. Temperatures were in the high 70s F in NY, and humidity was also high.
Trump had said at an election rally that Clinton “lacks the mental and physical stamina to take on ISIS”.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton waves after leaving an apartment building Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, in NY. She had to take cough drops and drank water while the audience waited for her to recover.
But the relative silence from the campaign about her condition Sunday may help propel doubts planted by her rivals, said Jane Hall, a communications professor at American University in Washington.
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Trump’s personal physician has said the Republican presidential nominee is in excellent health both physically and mentally. She suffered a concussion and a subsequent blood clot in the brain, which later testing showed to have cleared completely.
