Vice President Kamala Harris Former President Donald Trump will release a report detailing his medical history and health information on Saturday in an attempt to make the same request.
The detailed report will conclude: “He has the physical and mental resilience necessary to successfully discharge the responsibilities of the presidency, including being chief executive, head of state and commander in chief,” according to a senior campaign adviser.
Harris' advisers have insisted the report is an opportunity to highlight Trump's health and mental acuity, as the 78-year-old Republican nominee will likely be the oldest president at the end of his second term, aides said.
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Harris speaks to the media before boarding Air Force Two after assessing the recovery response to Hurricane Helen on Oct. 5, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Mário Tama/Getty Images)
President Biden, 81, withdrew from the 2024 presidential race in July amid pressure from the Democratic Party over concerns about his aging and visible fatigue. Since then, Democrats have sought to criminalize what was once their electoral weakness against Trump.
The decision to release Harris' medical information comes after a New York Times report claimed that Trump was not transparent about his own health after an assassin's bullet hit his head at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July past.
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Trump has not released an official medical report since being shot by an assailant at a July rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump did not release his medical records during his first White House campaign in 2016, the report noted. Even after his Covid diagnosis in 2020, Trump's White House did not release an accurate update on his condition, with reports suggesting the president was sicker than his doctors had said publicly.
“In 2024, days before the official Republican presidential nomination for a third term, he was grazed by an assassin's bullet, but his campaign did not hold a briefing on his condition, release hospital records, or introduce the emergency doctors who treated him . “, said the report. He cited several medical experts who expressed concern that Trump could enter a second term in the Oval Office with a number of “potentially concerning issues.”
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A letter from a doctor in 2023 said Trump was in “excellent” general health and had good results on cognitive tests. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
The end Trump health update In November 2023, when his personal doctor, Bruce Arnold, said in a letter that “Trump's overall health is excellent.”
“His physical exams were within normal limits and his cognitive exams were unremarkable,” Aronwald wrote.
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The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
During an August interview with CBS News, Trump insisted that he would “gladly” release his medical records, noting at the time that he received a “perfect score” on a recent medical exam.
