The president later added, "And just, you know, because I don't want to have a terrible story about this. I did it for him first and for the vote second. But it was a close second, actually. But I did it for the vote second."

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[–] 100 points 7 months ago (9 children)

Trump first said he wouldn't mention the lawmaker's name before turning to Johnson and telling him to share the story, saying the House member they were discussing would "be proud."

"Okay, well. Thank you, Mr. President. Congressman Neal Dunn of Florida had had some real health challenges, and it was very serious, and had had a pretty grim diagnosis. And I mentioned it to the president and I said, 'Congressman Dunn is a real champion and a patriot because he's still coming to work, and if others got this diagnosis, they would be apt to go home and retire,'" Johnson said.

Trump then pressed Johnson to say what the diagnosis was, and Johnson replied, "It was, I mean, I think it was a terminal diagnosis."

"He would be dead by June," Trump said bluntly.

"Okay, that wasn’t public," Johnson responded.

Wow. Just wow.

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  • [–] 67 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    And this is why your workplace has no business knowing your personal health issues. If you're going to miss work, so be it, but they didn't need to know Dunn has a terminal diagnosis with less than 6 months to live.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    In this specific case and in the absence of all other information it sounds like the Whitehouse doctors saved the dude's life?

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Dunn should retire immediately and force a special election just to spite Trump.

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