Hillary Clinton left a 9/11 ceremony in New York City early on Sunday, giving her Republican critics more ammunition for their claims that she isn’t healthy enough to serve as president."
Some Republicans, including Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani, have been accusing Clinton of hiding serious health problems, especially after she suffered a coughing fit during a speech on Labor Day.
Clinton left the September 11th Commemoration Ceremony because she was feeling "overheated," a spokesperson said. The press wasn't given a statement until 90 minutes after Clinton left the event and no reporters were allowed to follow her.
This video from photographer Zdenek Gazda appears to show Clinton being helped into a van after the memorial.
Update: The following clips show the moment of Hillary's "medical episode" resulting from the "blistering" 79 degree heat in Manhattan.
Hillary Clinton 9/11 NYC pic.twitter.com/q9YnsjTxss— Zdenek Gazda (@zgazda66) 11 September 2016
A far better video, capturing the incident in its entirety, emerged moments ago, And here is the best video of the incident, yet:
"I saw she was coming out a little early and someone was helping her," Gazda told Bloomberg. "She has some trouble getting inside the van and one of her security guys had to help her."
Of course, feeling faint and coughing don't prove that the Democratic presidential nominee is suffering from serious health problems. Later in the day, according to the Associated Press, she left her daughter's apartment, waved to the crowd and said she was "feeling great."
But that probably won't stop conservative pundits and politicians from insinuating that Clinton is hiding something about her health. Trump hasn't commented on Sunday's events yet, but he didn't shy away from the issue after Labor Day.
This could renew calls for Clinton to release her health records — something Trump hasn't done, either.
Conservatives have been questioning her health since she caught a stomach virus and fainted in 2012. That led Clinton to a release a letter from her personal physician in 2015 saying she "is in excellent physical condition and fit to serve as president of the United States."
