
After being diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday, Hillary Clinton ran a two-hour national security meeting, gave a press conference, and spent an hour and a half in the heat at a September 11 commemoration ceremony. It was an impressive feat of physical strength that obliterated months of health conspiracies.

September 11 was a wild day in campaign 2016. After Hillary Clinton overheated and became weak at a 9/11 ceremony, an ugly feeding frenzy ensued that capped weeks of increasingly shrill conspiracy-mongering about her health.

However, by the end of the day, the tables had turned on her detractors after it was revealed she was maintaining a grueling work schedule while battling pneumonia:

Friday, day Clinton diagnosed w pneumonia, she appeared at 2 fundraisers, ran a 2-hour natl security mtg, did a presser, sat for CNN intvu — Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) September 11, 2016

Clinton sticks with campaign schedule 2 days after being diagnosed with pneumonia. But she's the "weak" one. https://t.co/jUCSt84xX7 — jawillie (@jawillie) September 11, 2016


Every candidate I have ever worked for has gotten sick on the trail and worked through it because you can't take days off in a close race — Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) September 11, 2016

I got pneumonia in college. It's exhausting. I'm impressed she's been campaigning with it at all. https://t.co/8ZxnS7rV2Y — Josh Barro (@jbarro) September 11, 2016

Doing events with pneumonia shows how strong Hillary is. Her detractors have now lost another one of their hit jobs. They should be ashamed. — Peter Daou (@peterdaou) September 11, 2016

The rush to condemn Hillary Clinton for feeling sick rather than wishing her well was another example of her opponents trying their best to disqualify her from running because they fear she cannot be defeated on the issues.

How insecure do you have to be about your candidate to hope his opponent is physically ill? — Peter Daou (@peterdaou) September 11, 2016

So courageous to attack a woman with pneumonia who continues to work despite feeling like crap. — Peter Daou (@peterdaou) September 11, 2016

Any gentleman running against an opponent who took ill would not revel in it--he would wish them good health soon. Any gentleman, that is. — George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) September 11, 2016

Another day, another dramatic twist in the 2016 race.