Democrats 'whispering' about replacing Hillary Clinton after pneumonia, says Cokie Roberts
Journalist Cokie Roberts created a stir when she asserted that Democrats are "nervously begginning to whisper" about finding a replacement for Hillary Clinton after she abruptly left the Sept. 11 memorial service on Sunday.
Clinton was seen stumbling into a van and being carried off by secret service agents. It was later on revealed that she was diagnosed with pneumonia two days before the event. Clinton's campaign team stated that the episode was caused by "overheating."
Clinton was seen waving to photographers later that day. She canceled a fundraising trip to California to recover.
Roberts noted that people are not happy with the lack of transparency in Clinton's campaign.
"It was hours before the pneumonia diagnosis was revealed, after seeing this incredibly damaging video of her being helped and stumbling into a van," Roberts said on the Morning Edition. "And, look, there's a reason why the campaign's not transparent. Obviously, it gives Trump ammunition. And he's been setting her up for this for months," she added.
She suggested that Trump knew that Clinton would eventually become exhausted during the campaign period. Roberts stated that Democrats are becoming uneasy because of the cancelations of Clinton's trips.
"It has them very nervously beginning to whisper about find - having her step aside and finding another candidate," Roberts said referring to Clinton's party.
Roberts claimed that the Democrats are now looking at Joe Biden to replace Clinton as a candidate.
Mollie Hemingway, senior editor at The Federalist, believed the mainstream media downplayed Hillary Clinton's health issues.
She said, "You had major media openly dismissing it. CNN said that Hillary Clinton's health was fine." Hemingway added, "And last week, The Washington Post ran a piece saying, can we please stop talking about Hillary Clinton's health?"
In a phone interview with CNBC, Donald Trump wished for Clinton's recovery and recalled her coughing fit a week ago. Trump said that he himself will be taking a physical exam and will release the results soon after.
