“It was pretty hot out there, but she seemed fine to me, and left on her own accord”, Senator Chuck Schumer said in a statement to the New York Times.
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It’s an accusation that Clinton has sought to play off as a “wacky strategy” from Trump and evidence that he embraces an “alternative reality”.
Larry Sabato, a veteran political scientist at the University of Virginia, said Clinton’s team should release a full health record.
Trump’s gastroenterologist, Dr. Harold Bornstein, wrote a four-paragraph letter claiming Trump would be “the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency”.
In the book “Unlikeable – The Problem with Hillary” author Edward Klein claims the former secretary of state is “frequently plagued” by “blinding headaches” and has experienced multiple strokes over the course of the campaign. He later told NBC News it took him just five minutes to write it. Trump told Fox on Monday he intends to release detailed health information from a new physical exam in the coming days. Dr Bardack also said that the 68-year-old presidential nominee was overheated and dehydrated.
Consider the reaction over the weekend to Mrs. Clinton’s comments Friday night that “just to be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the ‘basket of deplorables.’ Right?” President Obama’s former physician, David L. Scheiner said to the Washington Post that the candidates should reveal their medical histories as they are quite advanced in age. While people are increasingly vulnerable to illness as they age past 70, there are also better medical treatments than ever before.
“I don’t know why they are saying this”, she said.
Tickets for a fundraising luncheon for Clinton Tuesday that includes a performance by singer Lionel Richie begin at 5,000 United States dollars per person.
Clinton released a two-page letter outlining her medical condition in July 2015 that sought to reassure Americans about her health after she fell and suffered a concussion at home in 2012 near the end of her tenure at the State Department.
Less than two months from election day, it was an unwanted image for Ms Clinton as she tries to project the strength and vigour needed for one of the world’s most demanding jobs. She drank water and took a lozenge at the podium, going on to finish her remarks. Her departure was not witnessed by the reporters who travel with her campaign.
But a senior aide said a planned fundraising trip to California on Monday was “currently in discussion”, as the campaign mulls Clinton’s next steps in the heat of a narrowing race. Trump, who famously dines regularly on fast food, has said he gets most of his exercise from playing golf and speaking at a podium during his campaign rallies.
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.
Trump’s theories about Clinton’s health has not only brought sharp focus on the Democrat nominee but also on Trump himself. He plans to discuss his health regimen this week during an appearance on “The Dr. Oz Show”.
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Lucey reported from Des Moines, Iowa.
