2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHarry Reid body shames Donald Trump: 'He's not slim and trim'
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid called out Donald Trump for his full-figured physique and love of fast food Tuesday while criticizing what he sees as a double standard in the media's coverage of the presidential candidates' health.
"You folks have magnified the problem," Reid told reporters regarding Hillary Clinton's recent bout with pneumonia. "She's off the campaign trail for a few days. She probably needed the rest anyway."
Hillary's pneumonia went viral in an Internet sense after she had to leave a 9/11 memorial ceremony early and had to be helped into a van before departing. The incident fed pre-existing theories, based on rumor and conjecture, that the former secretary of State was battling an undisclosed illness. Reid pointed out pneumonia is curable and wondered why the media wasn't asking more questions about Trump's medical records.
"Take a look at this character that's running for president," Reid said of Trump. "He complains about her health? What does he do? He's 70-years-old. He's not slim and trim. He brags about eating fast food every day. Look at his health a little bit."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/harry-reid-body-shames-donald-trump-hes-not-slim-and-trim/ar-AAiRCok?li=BBnb4R7&ocid=edgsp
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)THAT is why he will never release his medical records. I'm sure his test numbers ARE spectacularly high lol. The next question is whether our electorate will tolerate such crap.
JustAnotherGen
(31,810 posts)I don't think so.
He just articulated his observation.
Besides - he's 76, he's lived his life, he's probably at the 'no fucks to give stage' -
So - let it go.
It's Harry. He says things. Much like Biden - who has had no fucks to give since he was in kindergarten!
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)KT2000
(20,572 posts)by current standards (actual height/weight charts). Reid is not body shaming he is pointing out what the medical mainstream considers a health condition.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)For Donald. Based on what we know about the two candidates.