Republican political consultant Roger Stone is questioning whether Hillary Clinton will be able to stand on her feet for a full 90 minutes on Monday as she faces Donald Trump in the first presidential debate.
"I happen to know the Clinton people had preferred a seated debate. This will be standing. The Clinton people had preferred several commercial breaks. It will be wall-to-wall with no interruptions, insisted upon by Donald Trump," Stone said Friday to Steve Malzberg on Newsmax TV's "America Talks Live."
"It's going to be very interesting to see whether Hillary could actually stay on her feet for the entire 90 minutes. The entire question of her health is not a conspiracy theory like some of her supporters tried to say.
"She's clearly seen wearing special glasses that are used for an eye condition, an epileptic condition as I understand it. She has changed her story. First it was heat, then Bill [Clinton] said it was the flu, then they said it was pneumonia, then Bill told CBS she passes out frequently. This woman doesn't have the truth in her. It just doesn't exist."
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Stone, who was an adviser to the Trump campaign last year, also believes Clinton will go for the jugular first as she battles Trump on stage at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. But he adds that an attack by either candidate could backfire.
"They do so at their own peril given the vulnerabilities, for example, that Hillary Clinton has on the women's issues and her husband's proclivities and her experience in covering them up," Stone told Malzberg.
"That would be an egregious mistake. I think she will draw first blood. I don't think Trump will go in the aggressor but if she starts it, he'll finish it. That's my opinion."
Stone also believes that Trump will have a commanding presence over Clinton.
"One of the first and most interesting things that you note when you meet Donald Trump in person is his size. Not just his physical size but his stature. He has a way of filling a room. All eyes go to him. He's got a commanding presence," Stone said.
"I saw this also in Ronald Reagan when I worked for him. Hillary's a small woman in so many ways."
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