Following reports that Hillary Clinton ally and founder of Correct the Record (which coordinates with the Clinton campaign) David Brock was planning to attack Bernie Sanders on his health, Clinton’s campaign chair told Brock to “chill out.”
.@davidbrockdc: Chill out. We’re fighting on who would make a better President, not on who has a better Physical Fitness Test.
— John Podesta (@johnpodesta) January 17, 2016
Considering how they coordinate, Podesta could have just emailed Brock directly. One assumes Podesta said so publicly so people won’t think the Clinton campaign approves of the strategy.
Hours later, Brock blamed “false media reports” and the Sanders campaign putting words in his mouth.
My statement regarding Sen. Sanders’ health records: pic.twitter.com/uC7n8aHjP9
— David Brock (@davidbrockdc) January 17, 2016
Brock has long criticized the media for being anti-Hillary. In September, he said “As it concerns Clinton coverage, the [New York] Times will have a special place in hell.”
Hillary Clinton released her medical records in July. But we already know who would be the “healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency.”
