Patton Oswalt: Campaigning Through Pneumonia is ‘Badass’

The Internet freaked out yesterday after Hillary Clinton left the 9/11 Ceremony in New York because she wasn’t feeling well. The Internet freaked out a second time when it was revealed that she’s been diagnosed with pneumonia. Some Twitter users wished her well. Others had a different take. One Tweet read, “Today has been one of the worst days for reporting on this campaign I have ever seen. It is honestly embarrassing.” Many people took it as a sign that the illness, which can be debilitating makes her weak.

Patton Oswalt is not going to take that side. He’s taking her illness as a sign of strength, calling the fact that she’s still campaigning as hard as she is a “badass” move.

Wait, so Hillary has PNEUMONIA and she’s still campaigning as hard as she is? You realize how badass that is, right?

— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) September 11, 2016

Then, he compared Hillary’s pneumonia to Trump’s “psychotic, dissociative narcissism with lack of empathy.”

Psychotic, dissociative narcissism with lack of empathy > pneumonia. #ImWithHer

— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) September 11, 2016

And, to put things in perspective:

hillary has pneumonia and is still campaigning 24/7 meanwhile my back kinda hurts so i ordered delivery 3 times today

— jomny sun (@jonnysun) September 11, 2016

[H/T Huffington Post]

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