Trump Questions Clinton’s Stamina: She Can’t Stand For Hour-Long Rally

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, in Canton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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During his Wednesday night rally in Ohio, Donald Trump mocked Hillary Clinton and questioned her stamina while bragging that he can withstand holding an hour-long rally.

“You think this is easy? You think this is so easy in this beautiful room that’s 122 degrees?” Trump asked the crowd at his rally. “It is hot, and it’s always hot when I perform because the crowds are so big.”

“You think Hillary would be able to stand up here for an hour and do this?” he then asked. “I don’t know. I don’t think so.”

Later in the rally, Trump noted that Clinton is “lying in bed” recovering from pneumonia and said he hoped she returned to the campaign trail soon.

Since the Clinton campaign announced that the Democratic nominee had been diagnosed with pneumonia, Trump has largely steered clear of knocks on Clinton’s health. But he has questioned her stamina before, and his allies have pushed conspiracy theories about Clinton’s health.

Trump has said that he will released more information about his health soon, but so far he has only handed a summary of his recent physical to television personality Dr. Mehmet Oz.

Watch a clip of Trump’s rally via CNN:

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  1. What is the usual length of a Clinton campaign appearance?
    Number of minutes per day campaigning? I’m pretty sure Trump doesn’t do well in the comparison.
    Voice sounds terrible again. He should get a voice coach. He sounds a bit whiny and raspy at the same time.

  2. Would he survive 11 hours of being questioned on Capitol Hill by nasty partisan Democrats over Trump University?

    I don’t think so.

  3. I would be more concerned about Trump’s uber form of ADD ,or tourettes like predilection for blurring out lies and insults…he can’t go five minutes without sounding like a brain damaged asShole

  4. Trump’s campaign is doing something smart here. By always taking the press to Canton-Youngstown area he is campaigning in 1950’s Ohio. 538 had an article pointing out Youngston was more like the 1950’s population in the US., ‘Normal America’ Is Not A Small Town Of White People http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/normal-america-is-not-a-small-town-of-white-people/

    The genius is the press from the East Coast thinks, Oh! This is what Ohio has always been like and ignores the rest of the state. And sorry kids, press coverage does drive the polls a few points toward Trump.

    BTW Canton-Youngstown has been losing population since the 1970’s, and the other metro areas have been growing.

  5. Avatar for lio lio says:

    HRC resumes campaigning today. I guess that will receive coverage at TPM only if it is mentioned by Trump.

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