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| Hillary Clinton tells CNN that she did not faint at 9/11 memorial – live | |
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| Hillary Clinton tells CNN that she did not faint at 9/11 memorial | |
| Speaking to Anderson Cooper in a telephone interview tonight, Hillary Clinton told CNN that she did not faint after she left a 9/11 memorial event early on Sunday, and that the American people will soon know more about her health status after her diagnosis with pneumonia. | |
| “I’m feeling so much better, and obviously I should have gotten some rest sooner,” Clinton said. “Like a lot of people I thought I could just keep going forward and power through it, and obviously that didn’t work out so well.” | |
| Clinton said that she initially kept the diagnosis secret because she didn’t think it was “that big a deal” and hoped she could “power through” the pneumonia. | |
| “I just didn’t think it was going to be that big a deal,” Clinton said. “It’s just the kind of thing that, if it happens to you and you’re a busy, active person, you keep moving forward.” | |
| “Oh my goodness, Anderson,” Clinton said, in response to Cooper questioning whether her campaign’s decision to initially not disclose the diagnosis fed into perceptions that Clinton is secretive. | |
| “I think it’s fair to say we’ve already met the standard of disclosure,” Clinton said, before pledging to release more information. “We’ve already met a high standard of transparency, and we know the least about Donald Trump of any candidate in recent American history.” | |
| “It’s really past time for him to be held to the same standard - not just as me - but everyone else who has held this job.” | |
| As to when she plans to return to the campaign trail, Clinton seemed eager to return to campaigning full time. | |
| “It’ll be in the next couple of days,” Clinton said. “They said I should rest for five days, and I obviously didn’t follow that very wise advice - I just want to get this over and done with and be back on the trail as soon as possible.” | |
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| Chess grandmaster - and Croatian citizen - Garry Kasparov has cast his vote: | |
| No, I'm not a Hillary "fan", as my years of writing make very clear. But you watch Trump & you don't care if Hillary has bubonic plague! | |
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| “Who exactly was Hillary talking about when she made these despicable comments?” Eric Trump emailed supporters this evening, referring to Hillary Clinton’s remarks at a fundraiser on Friday night that half of his father’s political supporters are part of a “basket of deplorables” composed of racists, homophobes and xenophobes. | “Who exactly was Hillary talking about when she made these despicable comments?” Eric Trump emailed supporters this evening, referring to Hillary Clinton’s remarks at a fundraiser on Friday night that half of his father’s political supporters are part of a “basket of deplorables” composed of racists, homophobes and xenophobes. |
| Trump’s answer to his own rhetorical question: The coal miners she vows to put out of business, the veterans dying while waiting for treatment, the police officers concerned about rising crime, the American citizens worried about an uncontrolled border, the workers who haven’t seen a raise in years.” | Trump’s answer to his own rhetorical question: The coal miners she vows to put out of business, the veterans dying while waiting for treatment, the police officers concerned about rising crime, the American citizens worried about an uncontrolled border, the workers who haven’t seen a raise in years.” |
| “And what about the former and active duty military members who strongly support my father over Hillary?” Eric Trump asked in italics “Are they ‘deplorable’?” | “And what about the former and active duty military members who strongly support my father over Hillary?” Eric Trump asked in italics “Are they ‘deplorable’?” |
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| What's going on with Hillary Clinton's health? A quick overview | What's going on with Hillary Clinton's health? A quick overview |
| Questions over Hillary Clinton’s health will likely dominate the presidential campaign this week after it was revealed she has pneumonia. | Questions over Hillary Clinton’s health will likely dominate the presidential campaign this week after it was revealed she has pneumonia. |
| The Guardian looks at how the world learned of her diagnosis, and Donald Trump’s somewhat muted response to the news despite months of jeering over her “stamina”. | The Guardian looks at how the world learned of her diagnosis, and Donald Trump’s somewhat muted response to the news despite months of jeering over her “stamina”. |
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| Donald Trump’s rally in Asheville, North Carolina, was interrupted by the prolonged removal of protestors this evening that became violent, with protestors flipping Trump the middle finger and supporters of the Republican presidential candidate throwing punches and slapping protestors. | Donald Trump’s rally in Asheville, North Carolina, was interrupted by the prolonged removal of protestors this evening that became violent, with protestors flipping Trump the middle finger and supporters of the Republican presidential candidate throwing punches and slapping protestors. |
| Trump, who has taken to telling audience members not to harm protestors after criticism of a serious of violent exchanges at rallies last fall, instead targeted the protestors, calling them “disgusting.” | Trump, who has taken to telling audience members not to harm protestors after criticism of a serious of violent exchanges at rallies last fall, instead targeted the protestors, calling them “disgusting.” |
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| Donald Trump, on Hillary Clinton’s “deplorables” comment: | Donald Trump, on Hillary Clinton’s “deplorables” comment: |
| Never in history has a major-party presidential candidate so viciously demonized the American voter. | Never in history has a major-party presidential candidate so viciously demonized the American voter. |
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| Hillary Clinton’s campaign has already jumped on Mike Pence’s refusal to call former KKK grand wizard David Duke “deplorable”: | Hillary Clinton’s campaign has already jumped on Mike Pence’s refusal to call former KKK grand wizard David Duke “deplorable”: |
| If you won’t say the KKK is deplorable, you have no business running the country. https://t.co/mFut8Qrz9A | If you won’t say the KKK is deplorable, you have no business running the country. https://t.co/mFut8Qrz9A |
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| Donald Trump: Hillary Clinton 'running a hate-filled' campaign | Donald Trump: Hillary Clinton 'running a hate-filled' campaign |
| Donald Trump, speaking in Asheville, North Carolina, promised the assembled supporters (and the odd protestor) that “in 56 days we are going to win this state, and we are going to win back the White House! Believe me.” | Donald Trump, speaking in Asheville, North Carolina, promised the assembled supporters (and the odd protestor) that “in 56 days we are going to win this state, and we are going to win back the White House! Believe me.” |
| In contrast to what he characterized as his substantive and positive campaign for the White House, Trump focused on opponent Hillary Clinton’s “very horrible statements” in which she suggested half of Trump’s supporters belonged in “a basket of deplorables” which she described as consisting of “the racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic – you name it.” | In contrast to what he characterized as his substantive and positive campaign for the White House, Trump focused on opponent Hillary Clinton’s “very horrible statements” in which she suggested half of Trump’s supporters belonged in “a basket of deplorables” which she described as consisting of “the racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic – you name it.” |
| “My opponent’s campaign of hate. Hillary Clinton has been running a hate-filled and negative campaign with no policy, no solutions and no new ideas.” | “My opponent’s campaign of hate. Hillary Clinton has been running a hate-filled and negative campaign with no policy, no solutions and no new ideas.” |
| Clinton, Trump said, “slanders you as deplorable and irredeemable.” | Clinton, Trump said, “slanders you as deplorable and irredeemable.” |
| But Trump? | But Trump? |
| “I call you hardworking American patriots who want a better future for our country,” Trump said. “You are Americans, and you’re entitled to leadership that honors you, cheats you and totally defends you - and that’s what you’re going to get if you vote for Donald Trump. Every American is entitled to be treated with dignity and respect in our country.” | “I call you hardworking American patriots who want a better future for our country,” Trump said. “You are Americans, and you’re entitled to leadership that honors you, cheats you and totally defends you - and that’s what you’re going to get if you vote for Donald Trump. Every American is entitled to be treated with dignity and respect in our country.” |
| Trump then welcomed to the stage a group of supporters who he called “not-deplorable people.” | Trump then welcomed to the stage a group of supporters who he called “not-deplorable people.” |
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| Donald Trump campaigns in Asheville, North Carolina | Donald Trump campaigns in Asheville, North Carolina |
| Watch it live here: | Watch it live here: |
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| Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, introducing Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Asheville, North Carolina, told the assembled crowd of Trump supporters that Hillary Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” comments were “bigoted” against Trump voters. | Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, introducing Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Asheville, North Carolina, told the assembled crowd of Trump supporters that Hillary Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” comments were “bigoted” against Trump voters. |
| “Hillary Clinton has been running a campaign of hatred and anger and meanness and cruelty,” Giuliani said. “It’s almost like she’s not running - the only person that’s running is Donald Trump!” | “Hillary Clinton has been running a campaign of hatred and anger and meanness and cruelty,” Giuliani said. “It’s almost like she’s not running - the only person that’s running is Donald Trump!” |
| “We always knew why we didn’t like her, didn’t we?” Giuliani continued. “Now she’s told us why she doesn’t like us! I’ve always known this about you - I’ve always known you look down on people. I’ve always known that you think you’re smarter than the rest of us.” | “We always knew why we didn’t like her, didn’t we?” Giuliani continued. “Now she’s told us why she doesn’t like us! I’ve always known this about you - I’ve always known you look down on people. I’ve always known that you think you’re smarter than the rest of us.” |
| “But you know something? I never thought you were gonna say it.” | “But you know something? I never thought you were gonna say it.” |
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| Mike Pence, resisting calling white nationalist David Duke “deplorable”: | Mike Pence, resisting calling white nationalist David Duke “deplorable”: |
| I’m not in the name-calling business. | I’m not in the name-calling business. |
| Mike Pence just refused to call David Duke, former Grand Wizard of the KKK, "deplorable": pic.twitter.com/Trb2wIftW1 | Mike Pence just refused to call David Duke, former Grand Wizard of the KKK, "deplorable": pic.twitter.com/Trb2wIftW1 |
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| This, Hillary Clinton didn’t need. | This, Hillary Clinton didn’t need. |
| Former Ohio governor and putative Clinton ally Ted Strickland introduced Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine earlier this afternoon by telling a crowd in Dayton, Ohio, that the Virginia governor “is wonderfully prepared to be the vice president or the president if that ever became necessary”. | Former Ohio governor and putative Clinton ally Ted Strickland introduced Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine earlier this afternoon by telling a crowd in Dayton, Ohio, that the Virginia governor “is wonderfully prepared to be the vice president or the president if that ever became necessary”. |
| Strickland’s comments come on the heels of Hillary Clinton’s “overheating” episode at the 9/11 memorial in lower Manhattan on Sunday, which was later revealed to be a consequence of a pneumonia diagnosis that the campaign declined to disclose. Clinton’s health has been a subject of conspiracy theories for months, with the pneumonia diagnosis and the revelation that staff had initially kept it secret from the public adding fuel to the fire. | Strickland’s comments come on the heels of Hillary Clinton’s “overheating” episode at the 9/11 memorial in lower Manhattan on Sunday, which was later revealed to be a consequence of a pneumonia diagnosis that the campaign declined to disclose. Clinton’s health has been a subject of conspiracy theories for months, with the pneumonia diagnosis and the revelation that staff had initially kept it secret from the public adding fuel to the fire. |
| Some neighbors of Clintons are having an easier time addressing her illness: | Some neighbors of Clintons are having an easier time addressing her illness: |
| Sign near Clinton's home in Chappaqua, NY reads 'Get Better Soon' (via @GettyImages) pic.twitter.com/Akx9rNX0p8 | Sign near Clinton's home in Chappaqua, NY reads 'Get Better Soon' (via @GettyImages) pic.twitter.com/Akx9rNX0p8 |
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| Hillary Clinton tweets about her pneumonia | Hillary Clinton tweets about her pneumonia |
| Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has tweeted about her pneumonia, describing herself as “home sick from work” and eager to rejoin Tim Kaine on the campaign trail: | Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has tweeted about her pneumonia, describing herself as “home sick from work” and eager to rejoin Tim Kaine on the campaign trail: |
| Thanks to everyone who’s reached out with well wishes! I’m feeling fine and getting better. -H | Thanks to everyone who’s reached out with well wishes! I’m feeling fine and getting better. -H |
| Like anyone who’s ever been home sick from work, I’m just anxious to get back out there. See you on the trail soon. -H | Like anyone who’s ever been home sick from work, I’m just anxious to get back out there. See you on the trail soon. -H |
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| Conservative #NeverTrump opinion-fomenter Erick Erickson has narrowed his choice down to two: | Conservative #NeverTrump opinion-fomenter Erick Erickson has narrowed his choice down to two: |
| In the presidential race, who should I vote for? | In the presidential race, who should I vote for? |
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| The Guardian’s Dan Roberts, Sabrina Siddiqui and Ben Jacobs have more on the Clinton campaign regretting not telling the truth after initially claiming Hillary Clinton’s incident at the 9/11 memorial was due to “overheating”: | The Guardian’s Dan Roberts, Sabrina Siddiqui and Ben Jacobs have more on the Clinton campaign regretting not telling the truth after initially claiming Hillary Clinton’s incident at the 9/11 memorial was due to “overheating”: |
| Hillary Clinton’s campaign has acknowledged mishandling news of her pneumonia, as Donald Trump sought to capitalize on growing questions over his opponent’s trustworthiness at a critical moment in their race for the White House. | Hillary Clinton’s campaign has acknowledged mishandling news of her pneumonia, as Donald Trump sought to capitalize on growing questions over his opponent’s trustworthiness at a critical moment in their race for the White House. |
| “We could have done better yesterday,” wrote Clinton communications director Jennifer Palmieri on Monday, after some Democrats began questioning whether the campaign had been fully transparent in its weekend accounts of her health. | “We could have done better yesterday,” wrote Clinton communications director Jennifer Palmieri on Monday, after some Democrats began questioning whether the campaign had been fully transparent in its weekend accounts of her health. |
| “In retrospect, we could have handled it better in providing more information. That’s on us. We regret that,” added press secretary Brian Fallon. | “In retrospect, we could have handled it better in providing more information. That’s on us. We regret that,” added press secretary Brian Fallon. |
| Clinton was filmed losing her footing and being assisted into a waiting van after leaving early from a memorial for 9/11 victims in New York on Sunday. | Clinton was filmed losing her footing and being assisted into a waiting van after leaving early from a memorial for 9/11 victims in New York on Sunday. |
| Initially, campaign aides said she had “overheated”, though Clinton later insisted “I’m feeling great, it’s a beautiful day in New York,” after she left her daughter’s apartment, where she was taken to rest. | Initially, campaign aides said she had “overheated”, though Clinton later insisted “I’m feeling great, it’s a beautiful day in New York,” after she left her daughter’s apartment, where she was taken to rest. |
| But once the video footage emerged – which appeared to support eyewitness accounts of a more serious incident – the campaign issued a short statement from a doctor revealing she was being treated for pneumonia. | But once the video footage emerged – which appeared to support eyewitness accounts of a more serious incident – the campaign issued a short statement from a doctor revealing she was being treated for pneumonia. |
| Clinton had been diagnosed on Friday but the condition went undisclosed despite the campaign chastising reporters who had questioned bouts of coughing at recent public events. | Clinton had been diagnosed on Friday but the condition went undisclosed despite the campaign chastising reporters who had questioned bouts of coughing at recent public events. |
| The campaign now says Clinton will release “additional medical information” from her doctor in the next few days “to further put to rest any lingering concerns”, but insists there are “no other underlying conditions, the pneumonia is the extent of it”. | The campaign now says Clinton will release “additional medical information” from her doctor in the next few days “to further put to rest any lingering concerns”, but insists there are “no other underlying conditions, the pneumonia is the extent of it”. |
| “I expect by the middle or back end of the week she will be back out there on the campaign trail,” Fallon told MSNBC. “If it was up to her she would be travelling to California today but it was her doctor’s advice [to rest at home].” | “I expect by the middle or back end of the week she will be back out there on the campaign trail,” Fallon told MSNBC. “If it was up to her she would be travelling to California today but it was her doctor’s advice [to rest at home].” |
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| Alabama congressman has 'serious doubts' whether Hillary Clinton has pneumonia | Alabama congressman has 'serious doubts' whether Hillary Clinton has pneumonia |
| Alabama Republican congressman Gary Palmer apparently didn’t get the memo that Donald Trump’s campaign would rather keep quiet about rival Hillary Clinton’s pneumonia diagnosis, telling a local radio station this morning that while he does not “wish her ill,” he has “serious doubts as to whether or not it’s pneumonia”. | Alabama Republican congressman Gary Palmer apparently didn’t get the memo that Donald Trump’s campaign would rather keep quiet about rival Hillary Clinton’s pneumonia diagnosis, telling a local radio station this morning that while he does not “wish her ill,” he has “serious doubts as to whether or not it’s pneumonia”. |
| “I’ve got serious doubts as to whether or not it’s pneumonia,” Palmer told WAPI, an AM radio station in Alabama. “But I can’t say ... if it were pneumonia, I would’ve thought they would’ve come out and said that very early on. You know, she’s disappeared for a few days and if I’d been her adviser, I would’ve said, ‘You need to get out there and let people know what’s wrong with you, get treatment, get a few days’ rest, get back on your feet.’” | “I’ve got serious doubts as to whether or not it’s pneumonia,” Palmer told WAPI, an AM radio station in Alabama. “But I can’t say ... if it were pneumonia, I would’ve thought they would’ve come out and said that very early on. You know, she’s disappeared for a few days and if I’d been her adviser, I would’ve said, ‘You need to get out there and let people know what’s wrong with you, get treatment, get a few days’ rest, get back on your feet.’” |
| Referring to a coughing fit that became fodder for internet conspiracy theories that she was secretly suffering from an unnamed illness, Palmer told WAPI that he believes she has suffered from some respiratory ailment since the Benghazi hearings. | Referring to a coughing fit that became fodder for internet conspiracy theories that she was secretly suffering from an unnamed illness, Palmer told WAPI that he believes she has suffered from some respiratory ailment since the Benghazi hearings. |
| “I sat in the Benghazi hearing for three hours, and she sat there and coughed her way through that,” Palmer continued. “Uou know, again, you just look at the pattern and it just begs the question, are we being lied to again?” | “I sat in the Benghazi hearing for three hours, and she sat there and coughed her way through that,” Palmer continued. “Uou know, again, you just look at the pattern and it just begs the question, are we being lied to again?” |
| Although the Clinton campaign has pledged to release more health records to prove that the former secretary of state is in perfect health - minus the pneumonia - Palmer believes that she suffers from another syndrome: | Although the Clinton campaign has pledged to release more health records to prove that the former secretary of state is in perfect health - minus the pneumonia - Palmer believes that she suffers from another syndrome: |
| “If lying were a disease, she’d be terminal.” | “If lying were a disease, she’d be terminal.” |
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| Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine made a pit-stop at Washington, DC’s most popular gay nightclub on Saturday for a quick half-hour fundraiser, according to US News & World Report: | Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine made a pit-stop at Washington, DC’s most popular gay nightclub on Saturday for a quick half-hour fundraiser, according to US News & World Report: |
| . @timkaine did a fundraiser at Town in DC Saturday. No word if there was a foam party. pic.twitter.com/3GKIGfcfPg | . @timkaine did a fundraiser at Town in DC Saturday. No word if there was a foam party. pic.twitter.com/3GKIGfcfPg |
| The fundraiser, held in the early evening hours at Town Danceboutique, cost $45 to $1,000 to attend, $2,500 to host, and if memory serves us, two dollars for gelatin shots. | The fundraiser, held in the early evening hours at Town Danceboutique, cost $45 to $1,000 to attend, $2,500 to host, and if memory serves us, two dollars for gelatin shots. |
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| Vice president Joe Biden has some advice for Clinton: follow the advice of your doctor. | Vice president Joe Biden has some advice for Clinton: follow the advice of your doctor. |
| "They shud have listened to the doctors for God's sake." @vp on @HillaryClinton health issues pic.twitter.com/5zFDwf2Qs8 | "They shud have listened to the doctors for God's sake." @vp on @HillaryClinton health issues pic.twitter.com/5zFDwf2Qs8 |
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| I’ll trade you this pacifier for those glasses. | I’ll trade you this pacifier for those glasses. |
| Met a new pal on the trail this Saturday. pic.twitter.com/q6Yzp2d5oq | Met a new pal on the trail this Saturday. pic.twitter.com/q6Yzp2d5oq |