Republicans are working overtime to try and suggest that because Hillary Clinton has pneumonia, that proves she has other health problems which preclude her from serving as President should she win the election in November.
On MSNBC yesterday, Republican National Committee (RNC) Communications Director Sean Spicer was attempting (badly, I would add) to explain to host Thomas Roberts many of the discrepancies in Donald Trump’s charitable donations, which we now know consisted of taking other people’s money, giving it to charity, and the Orange Menace would claim credit and take the tax deduction. Spicer coughed as he was talking, which led Roberts to ask:
“Is that pneumonia?”
Spicer quickly responded:
“Ah, no. Just a cough.”
Roberts then asked Spicer if he thought Trump might release his tax returns before the election:
“So before election day, yes or no, do you think we’ll get them?”
To which Spicer replied:
“I don’t know. That’s up to him to decide.”
Roberts:
“Do you care?”
Like a typical member of the GOP, Spicer said:
“I don’t think that’s really top of mind for the American people right now.”
But before he ended the interview, Roberts got one more perfectly timed jab in at Sean Spicer, telling him:
“Alright, Sean, good to have you with me. I’m glad that the cough is just that: a cough.”
What Sean Spicer and other Trump defenders forget when it comes to Clinton’s health is this: She will recover from pneumonia, but the Donald is always gonna be a lying con man and asshole. You can’t cure that.
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