Trump Claims White House Doctors Kept Rep. Dunn Alive Through June
TL;DR
At a Kennedy Center board meeting, Trump said Rep. Neal Dunn would have been dead by June without intervention from White House doctors, a claim echoed by Johnson who called it grim and not public. Dunn, who has a heart condition and had previously said he wouldn’t seek reelection, later underwent emergency surgery at Walter Reed; Trump said he urged medical involvement to preserve Dunn’s vote, though details of the care were not specified.
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