Clinton health not a concern to Durbin

Posted on September 12, 2016

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D., Ill.) said Hillary Clinton’s health is being wrongly portrayed and should not be a factor in the presidential race. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Dick Durbin)

By RFD Radio/WFMB

SPRINGFIELD – Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton looked shaky on her feet following her early departure from a September 11th memorial on Sunday.

The episode for some continues to raise the question of how good her health is as Clinton fought back a coughing fit last week in Cleveland. Her doctor on Sunday reports that she has pneumonia and needs to modify her schedule to aid in her recovery.

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin said that her health is not a concern.

“No person could endure that kind of campaign with that kind of schedule and have a glaring health issue,” Durbin said. “She has a clean health report. I don’t think that’s an issue at all. It think that’s somebody’s idea, but I don’t think there’s any basis for it.”

The Clinton campaign says that she has scrubbed a plan campaign trip to California to start the week.

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