The Democratic presidential nominee was forced to leave the event abruptly, citing “overheating” and being recorded having to be helped into the van by Secret Service. “I probably came in a few more days than I should have over the last few weeks”, he told CNN on Monday.
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“Well I think that the reports show that she is relatively healthy”, Duckworth said.
UTSA political science professor, Dr. Walter Wilson, said concealing her illness is inflicting more damage in the long run. “There’s no other undisclosed condition. I’m like you, I just see what I see”, he said.
However, Trump was also at the memorial in NY on Sunday, and the campaign did not coordinate with his press pool so that they could attend. She was driven to her daughter’s apartment in Manhattan.
Clinton, 68, has twice been diagnosed with blood clots in her legs.
Loevy said it is smart for the Trump campaign to take a measured approach.
Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon told MSNBC the campaign would release more medical information in the coming week. “That’s on us and we regret that”. Trump said on Twitter, “Wow, Hillary Clinton was SO INSULTING to my supporters, millions of unbelievable, hard-working people”.
The former first lady has dismissed rumors about her health, but Trump has repeatedly raised doubts about Clinton’s stamina and physical strength, and on Monday questioned her campaign’s account of the current episode. I have just examined her and she is now re-hydrated and recovering nicely. “Hillary Clinton viciously demonizing hardworking people like you”, the ad states.
Bill Clinton also will headline his wife’s previously scheduled campaign events in Nevada on Wednesday.
“I just did not think it was going to be that big a deal”. But publicly, party leaders are minimizing the incident and sounding confident their candidate is up to job.
She said Mrs Clinton’s bout of pneumonia, revealed this weekend, should be kept in perspective. “I would say rather than talk about how frail she is, we should be talking about how strong and tough this woman is”, City Clerk of Chicago Susana Mendoza said.
Cooper asked her about her fainting spells in the past, including the concussion she sustained in December 2012, and how many times in the last five years something similar has happened. She had suffered a almost two-minute coughing fit at a Labour Day rally last week in Cleveland, Ohio, which she again tried to make light of.
The sight of a physically buckling Hillary Clinton has shaken the presidential race, turning conspiratorial questions over her health into a legitimate national concern.
According to CNN, Clinton reportedly canceled a trip to California, as well a number of fundraisers and television appearances, due to her pneumonia.
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The startling images of a stumbling Clinton also play into conspiracy theories that the candidate has been seriously ill for months, despite no evidence to back them.
