Hillary Clinton is caught up in a marathon coughing fit and struggles to speak in Cleveland but tries to play it off as an ‘allergic reaction’ to Trump
Clinton caught a case of dry mouth during Labor Day speech in Cleveland
‘Every time I think about Trump I get allergic,’ Clinton quipped afterwards
She and her VP nominee Tim Kaine stressed importance of winning Ohio
Clinton’s critics have raised questions about her alleged health problems
Said today that she doesn’t ‘pay attention’ to those conspiracy theories
By FRANCESCA CHAMBERS, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM IN CLEVELAND, OHIO
PUBLISHED: 14:56 EST, 5 September 2016 | UPDATED: 11:47 EST, 6 September 2016
Hillary Clinton caught a case of dry mouth on Monday afternoon that caused her to choke and cough through the first few minutes of her stump speech at a Labor Day event.
Clinton welled up as the coughing fit continued and told a park full of people in Cleveland, Ohio, that it was an ‘allergic reaction’ to Donald Trump.
‘Every time I think about Trump I get allergic,’ she whispered before she whipped out a glass of water from behind the podium and took a big gulp.
You should have seen me after inhaling the powdered sugar on my jelly doughnut.
Drew Pinsky is right, she is not well….
Scraping the barrel at this point, eh GOP? I’d rather elect a capable Clinton for a half a term than a moronic Trump for a whole 4 years.
“capable Clinton” at what?
You’ve done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?
Did anyone else see her hork that thing out of her mouth, spit it into that huge glass of water, then drink the water out of that glass? Now, realistically, that thing was probably a cough drop, not a still-quivering piece of her disintegrating left lung, but…sheesh! Can’t we all agree that the emporer is down to her skivvies on the question of whether she’s suffering from a major illness, and not just allergies? Trump got to the heart of the issue months ago by calling her out as not having the strength or stamina to perform properly as president of the United States. To admit now that she is seriously ill and has been since at least 2012 would be to give Trump the pleasure of knowing, and knowing that everyone else also knows, that he was right all along on this issue. That would be emotionally and politically devastating to Hillary and her bootlicking toadies and lacking (i.e., 98 percent of the reporters, editors, and on-air talent in the major media). Hence there is no choice but for her and all of her supporters to lie and lie and deny and deny until she gets elected.
Let’s choose our President based on not coughing. It would be different!
Let’s choose our president based on who has the least amount of contempt for the vulgar masses. It would be different! hILLary for Prison 2016
That’s a runaway thyroid….still no reason why she can’t wash her hair twice a week.
One day we will have a fact based debate on the candidates.
One day we will have two candidates, both of which have enough respect for We the People not to fudge every bloody fact of any interest whatsoever to the electorate when making public statements.
Cokie Roberts said Monday on NPR that there were whispers by Democratic Party establishment members that Hillary Clinton may have to step aside from the race because of her health, Mediaite reports.
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Clinton’s health has become the central focus of the campaign after she was forced to leave Sunday’s Sept. 11 memorial in New York and was taped almost collapsing and getting helped into a van. Her campaign later revealed she was diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday, leading to criticism for keeping the illness secret for two days.
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“People are angry at the lack of transparency,” Roberts said on Morning Edition. “It was hours before the pneumonia diagnosis was revealed, after seeing this incredibly damaging video of her being helped and stumbling into a van. And look, there’s a reason why the campaign’s not transparent. Obviously, it gives Trump ammunition.”
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***Roberts said Donald Trump had set this storyline up for months with his references to Clinton’s lack of stamina, saying that he knew she would eventually fall victim to exhaustion or illness.*** [Voila! Trump has been playing 3d Chess to Clinton’s checkers.]
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“The fact that it comes now, when the polls are tightening and Democrats were already saying Hillary was the only candidate who could not beat Trump, and it’s taking her off the campaign trail … it has them very nervously beginning to whisper about having her step aside and finding another candidate,” she said.
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Called out by the host for making such a strong statement, Roberts said it was unlikely to be real and probably “an overreaction of an already skittish party.”
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“But they have looked at what happens in that circumstance, and the Democratic National Committee chair convenes the committee, and they vote,” Roberts said.
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Ironically, she said, Vice President Joe Biden, a possible replacement option, is older than Clinton. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), who ran a tight race with Clinton for the Democratic nomination, is also older than her.