In December, the Trump campaign released a one-page letter, filled with hyperbolic language and declaring the Republican hopeful would be “the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency”. Ben Carson, who has become one of Donald Trump’s key surrogates after dropping his own bid for the White House, said Wednesday that both candidates are “elderly” and should disclose their full medical histories.
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He made sure to add that both candidates should share their medical history dating back decades.
“As people get older, things begin to happen to them”, the former GOP primary candidate, who is 64, reasoned.
Carson also disavowed Giuliani’s suggestion that the evidence of Clinton’s supposed failing health could be found in personal observation of her on camera.
Carson deflected the question and said that as a physician he generally did not make a diagnosis based off something he sees from a distance.
Poll: Trump holds narrow lead over Clinton in Florida Clinton to receive first classified briefing Saturday MORE’s health, saying instead that “elderly” candidates should “disclose their full medical history”. “They want to have the facts”, was as far as Carson was willing to go.
But another top Trump supporter, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, has fanned the flames when it comes to these ‘conspiracy theories, ‘ as the Clinton campaign has labeled them.
‘Go online and put down “Hillary Clinton’s illness”.
Clinton’s campaign has repeatedly insisted that there is no truth to such reports.
“Anybody who’s elderly, and that includes both of our major candidates, should have their records available for us to examine because it’s a very hard job being President of the United States”.
“Absolutely, without question”, Carson said.
‘To reiterate what I said in my previous statement, Secretary Clinton is in excellent health and fit to serve as President of the United States, ‘ Bardack said.
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“What that told me clearly is that when Donald Trump sees my face, an African-American woman, that he sees a person who’s uneducated, a person who is not employed and a person who is poor”, Lawrence said in a conference call with reporters. [Being president] is a very stressful job.
