A senior law enforcement official told CNN that Clinton came to the ceremony not feeling well, but said she wanted to be there to pay her respects to the victims and families of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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Aides said Clinton was feeling “overheated” and left to rest at her daughter’s apartment.
Once she returned home, Clinton was examined by her physician, Dr. Lisa Bardack, who issued a statement saying that the Democratic nominee has been experiencing a cough related to allergies.
“How are you feeling Secretary Clinton?”.
In a statement, Clinton’s doctor said the former secretary of state had become overheated and dehydrated at the event in lower Manhattan.
She said the presidential candidate was “re-hydrated and recovering nicely“.
Doctor Lisa Bardack made the announcement Sunday after Clinton left a September 11 commemoration ceremony in NY.
A video of her departure show Clinton appearing to stumble as three staff members hold her up and help her into a van. “It’s a handsome day”.
“I didn’t see anything unusual”.
Hillary Clinton, prior to leaving the ceremony.
Clinton was taken from the morning event at ground zero to the Manhattan apartment of her daughter, Chelsea.
It also stated that Clinton, “tested negative for all clotting disorders”, but that doctors had chose to continue a daily regimen of anti-coagulants as a precaution.
Clinton’s pneumonia diagnosis follows a wave of conservative conspiracy theories that circulated in recent weeks suggesting that Clinton’s coughing was a sign of deeper problems.
The internet is awash with claims that she may have a brain tumor, Parkinson’s or dementia.
Clinton did suffer a concussion and blood clot in late 2012, and Federal Bureau of Investigation documents show her citing the concussion to explain that she could not remember every protocol briefing she received while serving as secretary of state. She later received the all-clear.
Then, in December 2012, Clinton suffered a stomach virus after traveling and fainted, which caused her to suffer a concussion, according to Bardack’s report.
Clinton’s health has been the target of repeated attacks from conservative media, with figures like Sean Hannity using heavily edited clips to perpetuate the idea that she’s critically ill. “She has to be at tons of events and seem very energetic”, Lawless told AFP.
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Neither Mrs Clinton, 68, nor Mr Trump, 70, have released detailed medical records. Clinton later said she regretted applying that description to “half” of Trump’s backers, but stuck by her assertion that the GOP nominee has given a platform to “hateful views and voices”. The hashtag #HillarysHealth trended on Twitter, with many accusing the Clinton camp of covering up far more serious illnesses.
