Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton unexpectedly left a 9/11 memorial service in NY today after her campaign said she became “overheated”. Republican rival Donald Trump has spent months questioning Clinton’s health, saying she doesn’t have the stamina to be president.
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Ms Clinton’s departure from the event was not witnessed by the reporters who travel with her campaign and aides provided no information about why she left or her whereabouts for almost two hours.
The Clinton campaign finally disclosed on Sunday that the 68-year-old Democratic presidential nominee had been diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday after she complained of allergies and was seen coughing repeatedly in recent days.
Trump has lamented the Obama administration’s decision not to prosecute Clinton on criminal charges over her handling of classified emails while secretary of state. “On Friday, during follow-up evaluation of her prolonged cough, she was diagnosed with pneumonia”, Bardack said. She was put on antibiotics, and advised to rest and modify her schedule. While at this morning’s event, she became overheated and dehydrated.
Asked if the health of the candidates was an issue, Trump said: “I think it’s an issue”.
The Democratic nominee left her daughter Chelsea’s apartment shortly after 11:45 a.m., waving at people gathered on the sidewalks.
The video of Ms Clinton posted to social media shows her being held up by aides as a black van pulls up. She appears to be unsteady on her feet and wobbles on her way into the vehicle. The weather was warm and humid in NY, and there was a breeze at the crowded memorial plaza during the ceremony.
“I didn’t see anything unusual”.
Her Republican opponent, real estate mogul Donald Trump, told Fox News that he hopes Clinton gets well soon.
Clinton was later “feeling much better”, Merrill added.
Shifting to the other half of Trump supporters, Clinton said many of those people feel like the government doesn’t care about them and who just want change in any form.
NPR political editor Domenico Montanaro reports that Clinton was scheduled to travel to California Monday for two days, but late Sunday night her campaign called off the events.
Recently, critics have pointed to coughing fits as an indication of Clinton’s failing health.
The internet is awash with claims that she may have a brain tumor, Parkinson’s or dementia.
Tamara is seeking comment from the Clinton campaign about the authenticity of this footage, as well as further information about the incident.
“Let me just say from the bottom of my heart: Hillary, they are not a basket of anything”, Pence added. She was later given the all-clear.
“We are facing a candidate with a long history of racial discrimination in his business, who traffics in toxic conspiracy theories like the lie that President Obama is not a true American”, Clinton said.
Clinton then pivoted and tried to characterize the other half of Trump’s supporters, putting them in “that other basket” and saying they need understanding and empathy.
Clinton and her campaign insist her health is not a concern. “She has to be at tons of events and seem very energetic”, Lawless told AFP. “I think it’s exceedingly important that Hillary Clinton be transparent about what’s going on”, said presidential historian Douglas Brinkley. The former secretary of state was under fire after telling a NY fundraiser last night: “To be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables”.
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Trump and his supporters slammed the remarks.
