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Democratic White House candidates kamala harris He is in “excellent health” and fit to run for president, according to a medical report published by the White House on Saturday (October 12, 2024), as he challenged Republican rival Donald Trump to publish his own health records Was.
“Vice President Harris is in excellent health,” her physician Joshua Simmons reported, adding that she has “the physical and mental flexibility necessary to successfully execute the duties of the presidency.”
Speaking to reporters on Saturday (Oct. 12, 2024) ahead of a trip to North Carolina, Ms. Harris called Mr. Trump’s reluctance to publish his records “yet another example of his lack of transparency.”
He said, “It’s clear that at the very least, his team doesn’t want the American people to see all this about who he is… and whether he’s really fit to be president of the United States.”
But as Ms. Harris stepped up pressure for details on Mr. Trump, 78,’s physical health and mental acuity, the former president’s campaign backed off.
Mr Trump is also “in perfect and excellent health to be commander in chief,” it said in a statement, and charged that Ms Harris does not have the strength to lead the country.
‘correct’ test
Ms. Harris’s most recent physical examination, conducted in April, was “abnormal,” according to Mr. Simmons.
In the detailed report, her physician noted that Ms. Harris suffers from seasonal allergies and hives, which are managed by non-prescription as well as prescription medications. The Vice President is slightly vision impaired and wears contact lenses, reports said.
Mr Trump became the oldest presidential candidate from a major political party in US history after 81-year-old President Joe Biden withdrew from the race for the White House in July. Ms. Harris is 59 years old.
Mr Biden passed the torch to Harris after a disastrous debate against Mr Trump, raising concerns in the Democratic Party about her mental acuity.
But Mr Trump’s age may not pose much of a deterrent to voters, as polls show a knife-edge fight with Ms Harris in the November 5 presidential election.
Ms. Harris’s campaign drew attention to a recent series of articles in The New York Times that raised concerns about Mr. Trump’s failure to disclose basic information about his health. The newspaper also published an analysis of Mr Trump’s language showing that his speeches were becoming increasingly long and “confused” and included obscenities – seen by experts as a possible sign of cognitive decline. Trend.
Mr Trump has continued to insist he is fit for office, and on Saturday (October 12, 2024), his campaign resurfaced statements from his former White House doctor, Ronny Jackson, who died in July. They were issued after the assassination attempt on Mr Trump. Due to which a bullet went through his right ear.
In a statement on July 26, Mr Jackson, now a Republican congressman from Texas, said Mr Trump was doing “extremely well” and was “recovering rapidly” from the wound.
active campaign
Mr Trump’s campaign also circulated a note from another doctor who examined him in September 2023. Trump’s campaign said he had “maintained an extremely busy and active campaign schedule unlike any other in political history,” and stressed that Ms. Harris’s campaign schedule had prepared her “perfectly to be President of the United States.” Shown as “disqualified”.
Mr Trump’s personal and White House doctors have at times made exaggerated claims about his health.
In 2015, when Trump was running for president, his doctor, Harold Bornstein, declared that he would be “the healthiest person ever elected to the presidency.” And Mr Jackson said in 2018 that Mr Trump “could live to be 200” with a better diet.
published – October 14, 2024 12:00 PM IST