On Sunday, the Washington Posts’ Chris Cillizza issued a tweet informing the world that the health of Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton is now a legitimate issue in the presidential campaign — after telling us that it wasn’t.
“Hillary Clinton’s health just became a real issue in the presidential campaign,” he tweeted.
Hillary Clinton's health just became a real issue in the presidential campaign https://t.co/OCv9MjKBCG pic.twitter.com/FH26qg0EOI
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) September 11, 2016
As we reported earlier, Clinton suffered a “medical episode” and had to leave the 9/11 ceremony. It was initially believed that she was taken to a hospital, based on a video report by Fox News. The campaign, however, later said she was taken to her daughter’s apartment and is now doing much better.
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According to the campaign and various media outlets, she “overheated,” but I’ve been told by someone who lives in the area that at the time of the episode, the temperature was quite mild.
This video, posted to Twitter by user Zdenek Gazda, shows the candidate being helped into her van:
Hillary Clinton 9/11 NYC pic.twitter.com/q9YnsjTxss
— Zdenek Gazda (@zgazda66) September 11, 2016
Just last week, however, we were all told that any questions of her health were off limits and were just part of a vast conspiracy that had no basis in fact — despite the many coughing fits and odd “seizures” witnessed and recorded by a number of people.
Cillizza himself had tweeted this:
Why I wrote about John McCain's health in '08. (And don't think we should write about Hillary's health now.) https://t.co/L2eO3sdejW
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) September 7, 2016
And this:
The questions about Hillary Clinton's health are absurd https://t.co/92QYCqtIc3 pic.twitter.com/vd2W5OUZ1b
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) September 6, 2016
But now that this episode has been seen by many, he’s apparently had a change of heart.
The “switch” didn’t go unnoticed.
https://twitter.com/mimimayesTN/status/774998505215631360
Remember the Beltway consensus in 2000 that Ex-VP's Cheney's 3 heart attacks were disqualifying. Oh, wait… https://t.co/mXuhgRE5C2
— Jon Perr (@Perrspectives) September 11, 2016
Cillizza responded to critics by saying:
Situations change. Context matters. https://t.co/eU9Q52JDrP
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) September 11, 2016
He even agreed with one Twitter user who suggested it’s time for both Clinton and Trump to release their medical records:
Correct https://t.co/8Z7pEYT9Tt
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) September 11, 2016
In other words, it was all a conspiracy last week, but it’s now okay to discuss after this very public incident.
We don’t wish ill on anyone, not even someone we believe is the most evil person ever nominated to the White House by a major political party — but it’s high time the media quit covering for Hillary and start asking the tough questions.
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