Donald Trump’s campaign manager on Tuesday said Mr. Trump is keeping the “most punishing schedule” of any presidential candidate and that at a minimum, Mr. Trump won’t be revealing he secretly had pneumonia when he gets his results back from a recent physical.
Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said she wasn’t sure exactly what information Mr. Trump would be releasing.
“But I’ll tell you what he won’t be releasing: He won’t be releasing the fact that he had pneumonia for two days and lied about it,” Ms. Conway said on CNN’s “New Day.”
After his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton nearly collapsed as she was leaving a 9/11 memorial event Sunday, her team revealed that she had been diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday.
Ms. Conway said that one person is off the campaign trail right now, and that they wish Mrs. Clinton well and they’re glad to hear that she’s feeling better.
“But the idea that we shift immediately to the person who is keeping the most punishing schedule of any presidential candidate — it’s unbelievable,” Ms. Conway said. “He’ll be in seven or eight swing states this week, five rallies, just yesterday was in Baltimore and Asheville. Today, he’s on his way to Iowa and then Pennsylvania; tomorrow’s Ohio … and Michigan.”
“In other words, we can talk about that, but let’s talk about stamina and energy. Let’s talk about who’s actually taken the case directly to voters and who’s not,” she said.
“The idea that she did not have the worst 48 hours of her campaign and that people would cover up for her, I think is frankly astonishing,” Ms. Conway said.
• David Sherfinski can be reached at dsherfinski@washingtontimes.com.
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