Harris to release medical records as campaign looks to pressure Trump to do the same
Harris to release medical records as campaign looks to pressure Trump to do the same
The Harris campaign views the release as an opportunity to turn the conversation towards the physical health and mental acuity of her opponent, former President Donald Trump.
I admit I do love it when Trump gets trolled.
(Weirdly, the post title didn't match the headline in the actual link, but the version Lemmy let me click on to make the title works better anyway.)
He will not feel any pressure to release his. He won't do it. Everyone knows he won't.
But his repeated bullshit excuses will be fun to watch.
This right here is the problem, why he gets favorable treatment by the media, why he's the Republican figurehead. He's "fun to watch".
Here's what will happen: Harris will release her clean bill of health, he'll deny their veracity, he may then make an unsubstantiated boast about his own health, he may then also call into question the qualifications of Harris' doctor, he may then close with some sort of jingoistic non sequitur, or some nugget of misogyny. He will do these things in an almost robotically simplified way, that is at once instantly digestible and yet difficult to directly quote without editing. If anything he says proves the least bit problematic, Steven Cheung will claim that this editing proves malicious intent by the media, and that Trump was unfairly taken out of context. Meanwhile his thralls will either ignore the whole interval, or accept Cheung's version of events and redouble their support of a man who is not only unqualified, but it's actively a national liability. This will register surprise, shock, anger, any number of strong emotions, and viewership/readership will keep coming back, generating impressions and ad revenue, desperate for the new episode, to see what happens next, as if it were a show on HBO and not real life.
"As the healthiest person… as the healthiest American… there is no one healthier than me… as the healthiest, there is no need to release these… my medical records are stellar… so perfect. I'm great. These records are so great, there you have it. I'm perfectly… yes… perfectly healthy." - Trump
Well, I tried. I feel that it lacks some attacks to their opponent, but I can't dumb myself down enough to do more than that.
Didn't he have a weirdo doctor release a letter in 2020 saying he was in the best form ever?
Seriously... It's like these people never learn. He's an obstinate child and will never do what he doesn't want to do unless compelled by the courts.
...and that's actually a thing that his cult loves.
People are saying.
These guys are all "lets release our medical records!" and they're all like "lets make a list of who's children we need to murder if they won't find some extra votes for us" but also like "let's get some christians to go to the capital and pray for lord and saviour trump to save everyone from the evil tyranny of Kamala".
Trump will just call it fake news and then say his doctors said he is the best health anyone has ever seen
And they'll believe it because it's a cult
Ugh I'm afraid I'd catch something from Trump's medical records.
You'll be okay. He told Howard Stern that surviving the 70s without an STD was his "personal Vietnam" (so he didn't need to actually go there) and also, as the owner of a chiweenie*, I can tell you that (thankfully) stupid is not contagious.
*The parts of that page that says they're intelligent and easy to train are lies.
Then again, he submitted a letter from ‘his doctor’ in 2016 that said he tested positive for everything, so it may be best to steer clear.
Would they settle for a letter from a weirdo saying he's the bigliest, healthliest man to ever president?
That's sort of what he did while president. But Trump's pill slinger, who was likely Trump's contact to the Oath Keepers, got himself elected to Congress. And boy has he been a shitbag ever since. Not that he wasn't a shitbag before as well.
But sure, there's probably another Doctor Nick level jackass out there who will vouch for Trump.
The first letter while he was running was written by a weirdo hippy looking guy who has died since if I recall correctly. But yes, he'll get another flunkey to write something I'm sure. (If he does anything, this time he seems to know nobody voting for him cares about anything.)
The Harris campaign just released this in response to his visit to Detroit. It's awesome.
Nice. They released a video of Trump trying to back out of the debate with her with clucking chicken noises. And suddenly he agreed to the debate. And then he was trolled during the debate and went nuts. And people here say trolling him has no effect.
Same link without tracker:
https://youtu.be/BPgQp2VuZwQ
I mean, the last time he did they were obviously false. He'll just do the same this time. No way he doesn't take meds for cholesterol, heart disease, or any of the other conditions that are extremely common with his age and diet.
This has been tried many times before unfortunately. He's not going to release his medical information. The fact that it would have his actual height alone is enough reason for the narcissist to literally die before letting it come out.
So much of the authoritarian strong man mystique is the projection of strength and virility. One of the few things that could actually weaken his control over his supporters would be a medical report saying he's an average height male that is almost 80 and in below average health.
If that somehow came out without his permission, he, his campaign, and his most loyal operatives would invest tremendous effort in burying, denying, and obfuscating those facts. His followers would latch onto anything that would allow them to comfortably deny that.
Beyond the strong man thing, there is also an entire cohort of aging, white boomer men that have created a belief in their own worth, health, vitality, and importance through "seeing themselves" in Trump. He has become a central, dominant element of their personal identity and self image. If something made Trump's age, mental incompetence, and frailty undeniable, that entire cohort would have a complete mental and emotional breakdown. They would realize they're old, no longer central in culture, facing death, and have left a trail of wreckage where their friends and family used to be.
I'm not exaggerating when I say, I think there would be a dramatic increase in geriatric suicides.
You can't shame Donald Trump. It never works. The fact that the Harris campaign doesn't get this yet is a little disturbing.
You can't shame him, but you sure as hell can troll him. Did you not see the debate?
It's funny because the idea we should have to release our medical info for any reason is pure ableism.
Just like felons should be allowed to vote and run for office.
Integrity means having consistent values, even if it may benefit someone you dislike.