Vice President Kamala Harris came under fire for circulating a false report about a Trump rally in the suburbs of Philadelphia, asserting without evidence that the former president had a problem with pausing and dancing.
Two audience members experienced medical emergencies as former President Donald Trump was appearing at a campaign “town hall,” as reported by the Associated Press (via PBS). He chose to halt the ceremony and start playing music.
As reported by the AP:
“During a Q&A session, the Republican presidential contender halted while a doctor in the room attended to the first patient who had a medical concern. Following the interruption of the conversation led by South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem due to another emergency, Trump ceased accepting questions. Trump inquired about air conditioning when he and Noem emphasized how hot it was inside the arena.”
“Trump suggested they could end the evening with people in their seats, listening to some musical selections instead of hearing him answer more questions.”
That was the only thing that occurred. However, the “rapid response” squad for Harris’s presidential campaign, KamalaHQ, said on social media that Trump’s reaction was indicative of a mental health issue.
Misinformation is regularly published by the KamalaHQ account, including the Charlottesville “very fine people” hoax.
However, Harris herself weighed in, paraphrasing the KamalaHQ assertion and teasingly stating, “Hope he’s okay.”
After fact-checking the claims made by left-wing activists on social media, ABC News was able to confirm that Trump had only paused due to medical emergencies in the audience, and had also received praise for his actions.
BREAKING: ABC News debunks the Harris campaign's claim that Trump had a "senior moment" on stage, *compliments* him for how he handled the situation.
Another narrative destroyed.
ABC News says Trump decided to change things up after a couple of supporters had medical… pic.twitter.com/mDSWZNGkEq
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 15, 2024
Critics started criticizing Harris for attempting to use medical problems as a political football against Trump:
“After years of ignoring evident and reliable evidence that President Joe Biden was failing, the Harris campaign and the media on the left have been attempting to advance the claim that Trump is too old to be president.”
The incident was covered in-depth by The New York Times, which ran the headline, “Trump Bobs His Head to Music for 30 Minutes in Odd Town Hall Detour.” Apart from the medical emergencies, there were no other unusual features in the account.
