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8 year oldAppearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday night, the Democratic presidential candidate addressed the lingering rumours that she is in poor health, saying it is all part of a “wacky strategy” against her. She then asked host Jimmy Kimmel to “take my pulse while I’m talking to you, to make sure I’m alive.” He obliged.
Kimmel then challenged the former secretary of state to open a jar of pickles to prove her strength, which she did while pretending to struggle with the lid.
NEW show w/@HillaryClinton & @JohnKrasinski. One of them is running for President. Find out who TONIGHT on #Kimmel pic.twitter.com/kdjqrihsVN
— Jimmy Kimmel Live (@JimmyKimmelLive) August 23, 2016
“Back in October, the National Enquirer said I would be dead in six months. So with every breath I take, I feel like I have a new lease on life,” Clinton joked to Kimmel. “I do feel sometimes like this campaign has entered into an alternative universe.”
Rival Donald Trump has repeatedly argued that Clinton does not have the “stamina” to be president, and Republican critics have attempted to cast doubt on her health — claims her campaign has described as “right-wing conspiracy theories”.
Over the weekend, the Republican presidential candidate added fuel to the rumours that she has been “missing in action” of late, giving the globally trending hashtag #WheresHillary a boost with a theory of his own.
During a foreign policy speech last Monday, Trump commented that Clinton “lacks the mental and physical stamina to take on ISIS.”#WheresHillary? Sleeping!!!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2016
Google Rudy and health and you can read about how he withdrew from '00 Senate race against Clinton https://t.co/vkFgjgDBkf
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) August 21, 2016
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