Nothing to do here, apparently.
On Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence subsidized President Trump’s refusal to suffer a stroke that expired last year, a suggestion the president vehemently denies but continues to repeat.
Throughout Tuesday, Trump continually raised and denied a suggestion that CNN political analyst Joe Lockhart had speculated that the president’s unforeseen stop at Walter Reed over last year was caused by a stroke, which the president called “fake news” in a tweet.Trump’s crusade then made a scathing call to CNN to shoot Lockhart.
Even the president’s doctor, Dr. Sean Conley, responded to the suggestion that Trump suffered a stroke that expired last year by issuing his own statement.Conley wrote that he can only verify that the president has not suffered or been evaluated for a stroke, mini-stroke or any acute cardiovascular emergency.Conley added that recent comments about Trump’s fitness have been “misinformed in the media.”
Trump’s diatribe about the suggestion that he was suffering from a stroke came after CNN reported that New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt wrote in his next e-book that Pence was “on hold” privately to assume the presidential force “temporarily if Trump went through a procedure that would have required anesthetizing him” at Walter Reed’s.
When asked if it was true that the vice president had been “suspended” late last year in an interview at Fox News On Tuesday night, Pence insisted that Trump “is in perfect health.”
“I’m informed of the president’s movements. Whether it’s that day or any other day, I’m informed,” Pence said.”But there was nothing ordinary at this time or today.”
Pence referred “any additional questions” to Conley, the White House doctor, before he was asked if he would be “on hold” if Trump underwent a procedure that would have required him to be anesthetized at Walter Reed’s home.
“Don’t tell me I’m on hold,” Pence said. I have been informed that the president has an appointment with the doctor and I have to tell you that one component of that task is that he is still on hold if he is vice president of the United States.”
Pence added that the public “can be certain that this president is ok” and that “every day I see this power and relief.”
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– Talking Point Memo (@TPM) September 1, 2020