After President Trump was diagnosed with a chronic vein condition, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) suggested the president’s health condition could be a result of his efforts in “fighting the radicals.”
“The pressure on somebody like President Trump right now, not just from outside entities … all over the world but also fighting the radicals in this country,” Tuberville said during a Sunday interview with radio host John Catsimatidis on WABC 770 AM’s “The Cats Roundtable. ”Every day it’s almost like a fistfight.”
The White House announced Thursday that Trump had been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a condition where leg veins have difficulty sending blood back to the heart. It often results in ankle swelling and is common in people older than 70.
On the show, Tuberville repeated baseless claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Trump and claimed that migrants without legal status were voting in droves for Democrats.
Tuberville also bashed Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor.
“He’s a communist. No police? Are you kidding me?” the Alabama senator exclaimed.
Mamdani called for defunding the police in 2020, but he vowed not to do so during a June debate. He identifies as a democratic socialist.
Catsimatidis is leading a coalition of wealthy business leaders to back Mayor Eric Adams’s bid for reelection as a way to oppose Mamdani, Politico reported in June.
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