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Clinton: Pneumonia got GOP ‘interested in women’s health’

She also expressed heartfelt appreciation for Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, whom she said was adamant in encouraging her attendance at the symposium, along with iconic activist Marian Wright Edelman, who is a close friend of Clinton’s.

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“As the world knows I’ve been a little under the weather recently”, she told a crowd at the Black Women’s Agenda Symposium Workshop in Washington, D.C. Republicans in Congress are trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which provides well-woman exams and contraception at no out-of-pocket cost, and defund Planned Parenthood, which an estimated 1 in 5 American women have visited for basic health care.

Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia last week, but opted to ignore her doctor and continued to campaign over the weekend.

Viral video appeared to show Hillary Clinton collapsing as she entered a Secret Service vehicle leaving the Sunday event.

Now looking back, I know, I should have followed my doctor’s orders to rest, but my instinct was to push through it. “That is what women do every day”. “So with every breath I take I feel like I have a new lease on life”, Clinton joked. Clinton reminded voters that Trump initially thought President Obama’s birth certificate was suspect – which she implied was a racist attack.

Faced with sagging poll numbers and a concerted effort from Donald Trump to break into traditionally Democratic constituencies, Hillary Clinton started stacking sandbags around one of her key demographics Friday: African-American women. “There never will be”.

Republicans have been questioning the Democratic presidential nominee’s health and stamina in recent weeks, implying that Clinton might not be fit for the White House.

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“According to Julee Wilson of The Huffington Post, “‘Black Girl Magic’ is a term used to illustrate the universal awesomeness of black women.

SEPTEMBER 16 Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers remarks at the Black Women's Agenda Symposium at the Rennaisance Hotel