Donald Trump’s sniffling distracts debate watchers

Jerry Adler
·Senior Editor

Hillary Clinton’s health has been an issue in the campaign, at least since her bout of pneumonia two weeks ago. But in the first few minutes of Monday night’s debate, Donald Trump was audibly sniffing in the middle of his answers — sometimes several times in a sentence.

And the candidate who mocked his primary opponent Marco Rubio for his thirst during debates ducked out of camera range briefly to reach for a glass of water.

Donald Trump takes a drink of water during the presidential debate on Monday at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Donald Trump takes a drink of water during the presidential debate on Monday at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

What does it mean? Probably nothing — but there was no shortage of commentary on Twitter.

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