Trump attempts to derail Clinton with health conspiracy

Donald Trump is peddling a “deranged conspiracy” about Hillary Clinton’s health — suggesting she may not be physically fit enough to be Leader of the Free World, the Democrat’s campaign is alleging. 

“[W]ith the help of his well-oiled network of conspiracy peddlers — from Roger Stone to Sean Hannity — Trump is desperately trying to give life to already busted myths about the health of a woman whose stamina and focus was publicly lauded following an 11 hours long hearing about the tragedy in Benghazi,” the Clinton campaign said in a Tuesday night press release.

Trump has criticized Clinton’s physical “stamina” — suggesting she might not be physically up to the task of being president — and allies across the internet have wondered whether Clinton’s health might be worse than the former secretary of state is letting on.

Specifically, the Clinton campaign is responding to two conspiracy theories — what they call “The Doctors’ Letters” and “Hannity Drafts Urologist To Diagnose Potential Head Trauma Via Video Tape.”

On the doctor’s letters, the campaign blames Stone, a longtime friend of Trump and a Republican strategist, for circulating “fake medical documents supposedly leaked from Hillary Clinton’s physician that purport to show grave health problems.”

The campaign uses a statement from Clinton’s doctor, Lisa Bardack, to dispute the phony documents.

“As Secretary Clinton’s long time physician, I released a medical statement during the campaign indicating that she is in excellent health. I have recently been made aware of allegedly ‘leaked’ medical documents regarding Secretary Clinton with my name on them. These documents are false, were not written by me and are not based on any medical facts. To reiterate what I said in my previous statement, Secretary Clinton is in excellent health and fit to serve as President of the United States,” said Bardack, chairman of the Department of Medicine at CareMount Medical in Mount Kisco, NY.

Responding to the second claim, against Hannity, the Clinton campaign states, “To push the baseless narrative about lingering head trauma, Trump surrogate Sean Hannity drafted a urologist — not a neurologist — wearing a white physician’s coat to help diagnose whether a video tape was evidence of repercussions from previous head trauma.”

Trump is focusing on Clinton’s health because of criticism he’s facing regarding his still-unreleased tax returns, her campaign said.

“Facing withering criticism from national media outlets, state editorial boards and even some Republican allies over his refusal to release his tax returns, Donald Trump is once again peddling deranged conspiracy theories in a desperate attempt to change the subject — this time with absurd and debunked claims about Hillary Clinton’s health,” said the campaign.

“Donald Trump is simply parroting lies based on fabricated documents promoted by Roger Stone and his right-wing allies,” said Clinton campaign communications director Jennifer Palmieri.

“Hillary Clinton has released a detailed medical record showing her to be in excellent health plus her personal tax returns since 1977, while Trump has failed to provide the public with the most basic financial information disclosed by every major candidate in the last 40 years. It’s time for him to stop using shameful distractions to hide his own record.”