Dr. Bennet Omalu, the pathologist who first identified chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in football players, set off a debate on social media this week after suggesting that Hillary Clinton’s campaign check whether she was poisoned, according to The Washington Post.
Clinton left a September 11 memorial ceremony in New York early on Sunday after feeling unwell. Her campaign said she became overheated, and her doctor later said she had been diagnosed with pneumonia.
Omalu then posted on Twitter, “I must advice the Clinton campaign to perform toxicologic analysis of Ms. Clinton’s blood. It is possible she is being poisoned.”
Several Twitter users questioned the suggestion. Omalu explained that he does not trust Russian President Vladimir Putin or Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, tweeting, “I do not trust Mr. Putin and Mr. Trump. With those two all things are possible.”
The Post noted that a British inquiry named Putin earlier this year as having probably approved the 2006 poisoning death of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko in London. Omalu pointed to that history and Trump’s public praise of Putin as part of his reasoning.
To be clear, there is no evidence that Clinton was poisoned. Omalu’s comments were his own opinion and are unconfirmed, and her campaign has attributed her illness to pneumonia and dehydration.
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