Trump calls for CNN to fire analyst for tweet asking if president had a stroke

President Trump’s campaign is calling on CNN to fire political analyst Joe Lockhart for stoking suspicion on Twitter about Trump having suffered a stroke.

Did @realDonaldTrump have a stroke which he is hiding from the American public?

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) August 31, 2020

“CNN should fire Joe Lockhart, a lifetime failure who thought it was a great idea for fellow loser Michael Dukakis to put on that stupid helmet, for knowingly pushing a conspiracy theory about President Trump’s health. Great political expert that he is, Lockhart single-handedly sank the John Kerry campaign, and now he’s doing the same to Joe Biden from a distance,” the Trump campaign said,

“If another CNN employee said similar things about Barack Obama, they’d be fired immediately, so the same standard should be applied here. That is, of course, unless CNN is complicit in the smear campaign in order to level the playing field against Joe Biden, somebody who truly has lost a step,” the campaign continued.

Trump and Pence later disputed the report.

Mike Pence was never put on standby, & there were no mini-strokes. This is just more Fake News by @CNN, a phony story. The reason for the visit to Walter Reed, together with the full press pool, was to complete my yearly physical. Short visit, then returned (with press) to W.H… https://t.co/GUVdbJRvqD

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 2, 2020