Bloomberg aide hits back at Sanders campaign over 'Trumpy lie' about heart attacks

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An aide to Mike Bloomberg's presidential campaign fired back at the press secretary for Democratic rival Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who claimed on CNN early Wednesday that the former New York City mayor "has suffered heart attacks" in the past.

"This is such a Trumpy lie from the Sanders camp, which rolls like Trump in many ways," Tim O'Brien, a senior adviser to Bloomberg's campaign, said in a tweet. "Mike Bloomberg has *never* had a heart attack. Bernie Sanders, on the other hand, has had a heart attack. Those are the facts. It’s a dangerous time when Sanders goes all in with Trumpism."

The tweet was in response to Sanders spokeswoman Briahna Joy Gray being asked by "New Day" co-anchor John Berman if "the American people deserve to know more" about the health of Sanders, who suffered a heart attack last fall.

"It's really telling given that none of the same concern is being demonstrated for Michael Bloomberg, who is the same age as Bernie Sanders, who has suffered heart attacks in the past," she replied.

The Sanders spokeswoman tweeted later Wednesday morning that she "mispoke" when she said Bloomberg had a heart attack while offering no apology.

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/483606-bloomberg-aide-hits-back-at-sanders-campaign-over-trumpy-lie-about-heart-attacks