With help from a viewer, an obviously delighted Rachel Maddow discovered on Thursday that Donald Trump’s doctor exaggerated his credentials in the signature of his letter about the Republican nominee’s health.
Harold Bornstein is the gastroenterologist who declared Trump “will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency.” He was once a fellow at the American College of Gastroenterologists, and signed his letter vouching for Trump’s good health using an abbreviation still defining him as a fellow at the association.
But Bornstein’s membership with the group lapsed in 1995, Maddow learned.
When asked by MSNBC about using the title in his signature without maintaining membership, Bornstein said that the title “has no value” but that he will continue to use it.
Watch the segment via MSNBC:
Huffpo has a detailed piece about this by a real doctor.
Speaking of medical decisions
"A federal judge on Thursday definitively blocked a Florida abortion law
to prevent state funds from going to organizations that provide
abortions — after the administration of Gov. Rick Scott made the unusual decision to drop further legal action.
U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle had placed a temporary hold on the
challenged portions of the law hours before the law took effect last
June."
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/judge-definitively-blocks-florida-abortion-law-41497292
Yes, you will continue to use it, because it has no value. Got it.
When asked by MSNBC about using the title in his signature without maintaining membership, Bornstein said that the title “has no value” but that he will continue to use it.
I read that yesterday - it’s a good article that picks apart the doctor’s letter piece by piece. I’m curious as to why no one has followed up with the actual doctor who signed his name to what seems so blatantly written by HO himself!