“Why in the world did Hillary Clinton lie to everyone and hide such an important fact for two days, saying she was overheated and dehydrated and then, of course, hours and hours later after, unfortunately, her health became the biggest trending story of the day, not the 9/11 fallen, why wait all those hours?”
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Clinton was campaigning Thursday in Greensboro, North Carolina, and speaking to a Hispanic group in Washington.
“Mr. Trump appears to exhibit all the symptoms of the mental disorder Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)”, Bass wrote on the petition.
“When I’m under the weather I can afford to take a few days off”, Clinton said.
Clinton had been off the campaign trail since Sunday, when she abruptly left a 9/11 memorial service and was seen stumbling as she tried to get into a van.
After grudgingly following her doctor’s orders to slow down and rest to recuperate from pneumonia, and watching Donald Trump seize the spotlight and pull even or ahead in some key swing states such as OH, the Democratic presidential nominee has signaled she is eager to make a feisty comeback at a crucial moment in the election.
Clinton told radio host Tom Joyner on Thursday her level of disclosure exceeds the standard of other presidential candidates, including President Obama and Mitt Romney, and “very shortly” more would be released.
The same poll showed Clinton with a 5-point lead over Trump, but her lead in a late August Quinnipiac Poll was 10 points.
The Trump campaign said the medical report showed Trump “has the stamina to endure – uninterrupted – the rigours of a punishing and unprecedented presidential campaign and, more importantly, the singularly demanding job of president of the United States”. With less than two months from Election Day, Clinton’s standing with Americans has contributed to a race that is tighter than both parties expected.
Her campaign manager, Robby Mook, said in a statement that Trump’s “Doctor Oz charade is as completely unserious as his original joke of a letter written in five minutes”. Voters say 68-31 percent that she has the right experience to be president and 65-34 that Trump does not have that experience.
Trump’s running mate Mike Pence said he plans to release records from a recent physical examination Thursday.
Trump’s letter said the Republican is 6-foot-3 and 236 pounds giving him a body mass index falling into the “overweight” range.
Thursday’s visit is her fifth since she clinched the nomination on June, while Clinton’s campaign and her aligned super PACs have spent close to $15 million advertising on TV in the state.
But if Clinton is trying to change the subject away from her health, Trump may make that hard. Her total cholesterol was 189; her LDL or “bad” cholesterol was 103, and her HDL or “good” cholesterol was 56 – all within healthy levels and not signaling the need for any medication.
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She takes thyroid and allergy medicines and the blood thinner Coumadin, prescribed as a preventative after she suffered a blood clot resulting from a 2012 concussion. She’s been evaluated by Bardack several times since and her condition has continued to improve, according to the letter. Both candidates’ doctors declared them fit to serve as president. The letter says Kaine is in “overall excellent health”, has never smoked and has “modest” alcohol use.
