BUFFALO, N.Y. - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton fainted Monday after complaining of a stomach virus before a scheduled speech on Social Security.
Clinton, D-N.Y., received medical attention at the scene and then went on to give another speech Monday afternoon.
“It wasn’t as dramatic as it sounds,†Clinton said after the 30-minute speech to about 125 people at the Saturn Club restaurant. She kept an appointment to speak later at a Catholic college Monday but canceled another speech scheduled for Tuesday.
“About five minutes into the speech, she said she was queasy,†said Erie County Democratic Chairman Len Lenihan, who was at the Women’s TAP fund-raiser at the private club.
Clinton left the podium and continued her talk sitting in a chair but eventually left the room, saying she needed a break, Lenihan said. She returned to the podium a short time later but fainted before resuming her speech.
“It became clear she was faint. She was sort of brought down gracefully,†he said.
Clinton, D-N.Y., received medical attention at the scene and then went on to give another speech Monday afternoon.
“It wasn’t as dramatic as it sounds,†Clinton said after the 30-minute speech to about 125 people at the Saturn Club restaurant. She kept an appointment to speak later at a Catholic college Monday but canceled another speech scheduled for Tuesday.
“About five minutes into the speech, she said she was queasy,†said Erie County Democratic Chairman Len Lenihan, who was at the Women’s TAP fund-raiser at the private club.
Clinton left the podium and continued her talk sitting in a chair but eventually left the room, saying she needed a break, Lenihan said. She returned to the podium a short time later but fainted before resuming her speech.
“It became clear she was faint. She was sort of brought down gracefully,†he said.
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