Trump Challenges Clinton To Release Health Records

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to a group of pastors at the Orlando Convention Center, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Donald Trump on Sunday evening published a tweet calling on Hillary Clinton to release her medical records, saying he would release his records as well.

The tweet comes after Trump and conservative pundits have pushed conspiracy theories that Clinton is not healthy enough to serve as president. Trump said that Clinton “lacks the mental and physical stamina to take on ISIS,” and a spokeswoman for the campaign suggested Clinton has brain damage.

Trump has not released much information about his health beyond a letter from his doctor saying Trump “will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency.” The Republican nominee has also avoided releasing his tax returns.

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  1. If his health is so good, he doesn’t need to wait for Hillary.
    Show us today how healthy you are, Donald!

  2. Does Trump actually have any real health records, or would we get more nonsense from a tame gastroenterologist?

  3. My guess would be the latter…

    Or else, we would get a faked version, courtesy of his big buddy Vlad and the forgers in Moscow

  4. Avatar for eykis eykis says:

    Fix the sentence: tax records or medical records?

    Clinton has released BOTH.

  5. Two things from my perspective.

    1. He would definitely pull the kindergarten trick of letting Hillary release hers, then renege (think: Lucy, football, Charlie Brown).

    2. He also thinks that all those undereducated, old white males who support him will be grossed out and scared away by the “M” word in Hillary’s file: “menopause”. Because, eeeeeeeewwww! (Donnie dumped his ex-wives before the M-word, which is why Melania’s days are numbered…) There is still a stigma attached, sad to say.

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