Hillary Clinton’s campaign plane has for a while now served as her safest of safe spaces; husband Bill certainly knew the inside of a private jet was the best place to talk golf and grandkids with Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
But are Clinton and the press really “stronger together” now that they are one big happy family up in the air? Up until recently, Clinton has enjoyed immunity from the press by keeping them roped off, so who knows if inviting all of those journalists to share her rarefied air has given Clinton a nasty reaction of some sort?
Even reporters covering Clinton’s Labor Day speech in Cleveland were uncomfortable watching her hack and cough on stage, something she blamed on her allergy to Donald Trump.
Clinton is having a huge coughing fit on stage. "Everytime I think of Trump, I get allergic."
— Henry J. Gomez (@HenryJGomez) September 5, 2016
Top news at https://t.co/PODP02hbuw pic.twitter.com/NFNry7MGpR
— Jacob Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) September 5, 2016
Come on; is it really fair to “over-crank the significance” of a little coughing spell? The Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart recently posted definitive proof that Clinton is in fine health: a video of her helping pick up some index cards that had dropped on stage.
Video from the event shows it was actually uncomfortable to sit through, though.
Every time I think of Trump, I get allergic, says @HillaryClinton, who is struggling to regain her voice after Cleveland coughing spell
— Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) September 5, 2016
The struggle was real:
Clinton is really struggling here. Not sure she's going to be able to go very long.
— Henry J. Gomez (@HenryJGomez) September 5, 2016
it was kind of painful to watch.
— Robin Goist (@robingoist) September 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/gabriellahope_/status/772877844217229312
Some people in crowd, started yelling " get her some water." One older African American lady :" Take your time, baby!"
— Fin Gomez (@finnygo) September 5, 2016
Totally healthy 69-year-old Hillary Clinton begins today's speech with yet another massive coughing fit (VIDEO) https://t.co/1ju4s1DZ5P
— jon gabriel (@exjon) September 5, 2016
Tim Kaine stood up to try to help Clinton as she struggled with more coughing – sat back down
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) September 5, 2016
Here’s a horrible thought; maybe Clinton and Kaine were sharing a harmonica back on the campaign bus and she picked up a bug.
Katie Pavlich has some good advice for the candidate who doesn’t seem to know what a microphone is and chooses to yell a good bit of the time while on stage, no matter what size the venue. Bill could probably tell some stories.
Someone should teach Hillary to move the microphone away from her mouth when she coughs, looks really bad https://t.co/AgVMyyMeso
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) September 5, 2016
also that you don’t need to yell into the microphone when you’re speaking
— Christine Rousselle ??♀️ (@crousselle) September 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/JanHendrikTri/status/772891515915948032
Do people all just carry around cough drops? People around her sure do!
— Sherry Swain (@SherrySwain) September 5, 2016
Maybe she reached in her purse for a lozenge and pulled out a bottle of hot sauce by mistake.
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Update:
… and the coughing fit returned once everyone was back on board the airship Stronger Together™, cutting into a rare Q&A session.
Questions re: Russia hacking, FBI report. Lots on Russia. Then Clinton started coughing again mid answer. More to come (we are told).
— Tamara Keith (@tamarakeithNPR) September 5, 2016
Clinton says she is coughing today bc she has seasonal pollen allergies. Says she had the same problem around Labor Day last year.
— Nancy Cordes (@nancycordes) September 5, 2016
Clinton began coughing again during gaggle & explained "One thing you know from my doctor's letter: I have seasonal allergies"
— Liz Goodwin (@lizcgoodwin) September 5, 2016
Now we wonder how many times she had to excuse herself from that FBI interview.
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