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Hillary Diagnosed with Pneumonia; Faints after 9/11 Ceremony

<p>Concerns about Clinton&rsquo&semi;s health escalated this weekend after the Democratic candidate stumbled and fell while leaving a 9&sol;11 memorial event at Ground Zero&period; She was diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The media has had an undercurrent of coverage of Hillary&&num;8217&semi;s health&comma; rumors and tabloid style stories that she may be suffering from something more serious&period; None of this has been verified&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;It&rsquo&semi;s a totally treatable thing&comma; no question about it&comma;&rdquo&semi; says CNN&rsquo&semi;s Dr&period; Sanjay Gupta&period; &ldquo&semi;But it is a serious thing&comma; and should not be taken lightly&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Clinton&rsquo&semi;s symptoms forced her to leave the event early&comma; and the &ldquo&semi;fainting spell&rdquo&semi; has been blamed on heat and dehydration&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Donald Trump did not further comment&comma; he wished her well and said campaigns can be &&num;8220&semi;grueling&period;&&num;8221&semi; He may have suspected a trap&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Clinton has a busy week ahead of her&comma; with plans to attend fundraisers in California on Monday and Tuesday followed by an appearance on &ldquo&semi;The Ellen DeGeneres Show&comma;&rdquo&semi; a speech on the economy&comma; and a visit to Las Vegas&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Doctors worry that her grueling schedule may be affecting her health&comma; but it is not clear whether Sunday&rsquo&semi;s episode has convinced the candidate to cancel or postpone upcoming events&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;They say pneumonia &ndash&semi; on Friday but she was coughing very&comma; very badly&comma; a week ago and even before that if you remember&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Donald Trump&period; &ldquo&semi;It&rsquo&semi;s very interesting to see what&rsquo&semi;s going on&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 68-year-old&rsquo&semi;s health came into question earlier this month when the FBI released documents stating that Clinton suffered a concussion during her time as secretary of state that caused her to &ldquo&semi;forget&rdquo&semi; some of her most important briefings&period;&nbsp&semi;We poked fun at Clinton for the outlandish claim&comma; but Sunday&&num;8217&semi;s episode further emphasizes concerns regarding Hillary&&num;8217&semi;s health&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In response to the FBI report&comma; radio host and TV personality Dr&period; Drew Pinsky expressed concern that the &&num;8220&semi;sort of 1950&&num;8217&semi;s level care&&num;8221&semi; she has been receiving&comma; coupled with her demanding career&comma; could lead to a pumonary embolism&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The stress of running a nation is sure to take a toll on the next president&comma; and it doesn&rsquo&semi;t look like Clinton&rsquo&semi;s body can take it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Editor&&num;8217&semi;s note&colon;<&sol;strong> If you are as cynical as I am&comma; you might think her illness&comma; whether overblown or opportunistic has blown up to change the news cycle away from her comment to donors that a least Trump&&num;8217&semi;s followers were part of the &&num;8220&semi;basket of deplorables&period;&&num;8221&semi; &nbsp&semi;Trump has said that comment was the worst mistake of her campaign&comma; and his people are attempting to make a meme out of this&period; It may work&comma; this was a horrible gaff on her part&period; I&&num;8217&semi;ve always been deplorable&comma; but now I&&num;8217&semi;m proud of it&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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