December 27, 2024

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump listens to a speech at a town hall at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center and Fairgrounds in Oaks, Pennsylvania, on October 14, 2024.

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Kamala Harris mocked Donald Trump’s behavior in an unusual campaign event in which the Republican presidential nominee cut short a question-and-answer session to sit with the crowd of nearly 40 minutes of music.

“Hope he’s okay,” Democratic candidate Harris wrote on X early Tuesday morning.

The post was one of many posted by social media users as footage emerged Monday night showing Trump swaying to music at an event in suburban Philadelphia.

Trump, 78, said on Tuesday that Harris was disqualified from serving as president because of minor allergies and hives, which were disclosed in her health records released this weekend.

But Trump has also doubled down on his refusal to release his health records — a record that Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, have cited in questioning his fitness to serve as president.

Trump’s Monday night campaign event was billed as a town hall where Trump would take questions from South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem.

But the Q&A portion was twice interrupted due to medical emergencies among the crowd.

At one point, as Trump and Noem waited for medical staff to attend to patients, the song “Ave Maria” played over the speakers.

After the second interruption, Trump stopped answering questions.

“Let’s ask no more questions,” Trump declared. “Let’s just listen to music. Let’s make it music. Who wants to hear questions, right?”

Republican presidential candidate former U.S. President Donald Trump and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem react during a town hall campaign event in Oaks, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 14, 2024.

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He then stood on stage, facing the crowd, and remained largely silent as a series of songs played over the venue’s speakers.

The music listening part of the night lasted nearly 40 minutes.

The songs include “Time to Say Goodbye” by Andrea Bocelli, “Nothing Compares 2 U” by Sinead O’Connor, “YMCA” by Village People, James “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World” by James Brown and “November Rain” by Guns N’ Roses.

Trump left the stage to the sounds of “Memory” from the musical “Cats.”

In a subsequent Truth Society post, Trump called the town hall “awesome!”

“Towards the end of the Q&A, people started passing out from the excitement and the heat. We started playing music while we were waiting and kept going,” he said.

“So different, but ultimately a great night!”

Earlier on Tuesday, Trump claimed in other Truth Society posts that he was “too busy campaigning to have time” for a physical.

But he also asserted that he “has offered them many times, including recently, and they are perfect.”

Later Tuesday, he declared in another post, “My reporting was perfect – no issues!!!”

He told CBS News in August that he was “extremely happy” his medical recordsbut his campaign has yet to do so.

When CNBC asked the Trump campaign for the records Trump said it had provided, spokesman Steven Cheung referred to his records. Saturday’s statement According to the news, Trump has “voluntarily released the latest information” from multiple sources.

He pointed to a note written by Trump’s personal physician, Bruce Aronwold, in November, as well as a comment by former White House physician Ronny Jackson during Trump’s near-death experience in late July. Two memos written after the escape. assassination attempt At a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

“Everyone concluded that he was in excellent health and fit to serve as commander-in-chief,” Zhang wrote.

Aaronwald concluded in an impassioned letter published 11 months ago that Trump was in “excellent health” and likely to “enjoy a healthy and active lifestyle in the coming years.”

But it provided few details about Trump’s medical history.

Jackson’s memo focused on Trump’s injury at a July 13 rally when a bullet grazed his ear. Jackson is now a Republican congressman representing a Texas district and one of Trump’s most loyal supporters.

Harris released a letter from her on Saturday white house doctor Describing the 59-year-old vice president as “in good health” and capable of performing the duties of the president.

Democratic presidential candidate and US Vice President Kamala Harris waves as she arrives at Erie International Airport before a campaign rally on October 14, 2024 in Erie, Pennsylvania, the United States.

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Dr. Joshua Simmons wrote in the two-page letter that Harris’ medical history included seasonal allergies and hives, but she had never experienced severe symptoms.

Simmons wrote that both problems “improved significantly” after taking antihistamines and allergy medications, and Harris didn’t need any medication to control symptoms other than an occasional nasal spray.

The day after the record was released, Harris blasted Trump at a campaign rally in North Carolina.

“He refuses to release his medical records,” Harris said at a campaign rally in North Carolina on Sunday.

She also mocked Trump for recently avoiding a CBS “60 Minutes” interview and refusing to debate her for a second time.

“Why did his staff want him to hide?” she asked. “Are they worried that people will find him too weak and unstable to lead the United States?”

On Tuesday, Trump tried to flip the script on Harris.

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He claimed that – despite positive comments from Harris’ doctors about her health – her medical reports were “not good”.

He falsely claimed in a Truth Society post that her allergies were “a very confusing and dangerous condition” and said she “suffered” from hives, while referring to them by the medical name “urticaria” Urticaria.

“These circumstances are very serious and clearly impact her operations,” Trump wrote.

“Maybe that’s why she can’t answer the simplest questions posed by ’60 Minutes’ and other shows,” he wrote.

He was referring to his frequent complaints about how CBS News edited a recent interview with Harris.

Trump withdrew from the “60 Minutes” interview before Harris’ interview aired.

“What’s going on? I don’t have these problems,” Trump wrote. He claimed that he “aced” two cognitive tests and was “much healthier” than four other recent presidents, “especially Kamala.”

“Furthermore, I am too busy campaigning and I will be using every hour of every day with the remaining 22 days to campaign because we must take back our country from the radical left who are destroying our country,” Trump wrote. road.

He went on to claim, “Given all the problems she faces, the real question is whether she should run for president! My reporting was perfect – no questions asked!!!”

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