John Podhoretz: Clinton Health Conspiracies Are Deserved Because Of “Her Secretiveness”

Podhoretz: “Mrs. Clinton Has Summoned Some Of This Upon Herself By Being So Secretive And Unresponsive To Press Inquiries”

From the August 23 edition of CNN's New Day:

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ALISYN CAMEROTA (CO-HOST): Hillary Clinton firing back at conspiracy theories put out by the Trump campaign over her health. She told Jimmy Kimmel last night that she's fine. She even opened a jar of pickles to prove it.

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I think we know the strategy behind planting the seed of doubt about her health, that then voters would feel nervous about having her in the White House for the next four years. But is there anything there to hang their hat on from the Trump campaign?

JOHN PODHORETZ: Well, probably not. All we know is that she had this incident where she tripped and hit her head. And --

CAMEROTA: Years ago.

PODHORETZ: Four years ago or something like that. And then at some point a year later, Bill Clinton said that she -- it had been a difficult recovery from whatever it was that had happened to her. She had got a concussion and concussions can take a long time to recover from. Having said that, I think there is -- while, you know, impugning or suggesting that somebody is sick who is not sick is a pretty terrible thing to do, Mrs. Clinton has summoned some of this upon herself by being so secretive and unresponsive to press inquiries and unresponsive --

CAMEROTA: About her health or other things?

PODHORETZ: About everything. If you're going to spend 280 days not answering reporters questions and not having press conferences, people can then start flinging all sorts of stuff that you don't answer. And if it comes out as a kind of a meta-issue involving her secretiveness and her refusal to talk.

Previously:

Rudy Giuliani Pushes Clinton Health Conspiracy On Fox: “All You Got To Do Is Go Online”

Conservatives Use Icy Stairs From Last Winter To Manufacture A Clinton Health Crisis

Fox & Friends Pushes Conspiracy That Hillary Clinton's Glasses Are “A Sign Of Brain Damage And Other Things”