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A day after President Donald Trump went viral after falling asleep during a cabinet meeting following alate-night Truth Social posting binge, some Republican loyalists spent Wednesday trying to spin the narrative to say that Trump is nothing short of the Energizer Bunny and the picture of perfect health.
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KY), who also happens to be a physician, went on Newsmax saying, "I'm a pretty hard worker. I'll work 110 hours a week. He outworks me. He's the first person I've ever known that works harder than I do. He runs around that golf course. He goes through staff members, several groups of them each day. He's in incredible shape right now. And you talk about sharp. He's playing 4 dimensional chess right now."
That effusiveness raised the eyebrows of several, including NewsNation contributor Chris Cillizza, who quipped on X, "This is very reminiscent of Joe Biden's senior staff saying "this guy never stops working!" sort of stuff in 2023/2024."
"Law & Order" star Chris Meloni chimed in on X, saying, “He runs around the golf course “ Woman man camera TV. … 4 dimensional chess."
Another X user remarked, "Senator Roger Marshall: 'He 'RUNS' around the golf course' ? Are you daft? There are countless videos and photos of half-baked Trump slumped over in the passenger seat of a golf cart. That man hasn't 'run' in his life!"
"Roger Marshall is a doctor. Yet, he shamelessly lies about Trump’s stamina. Either he’s a really bad doctor [and] he should lose his license or he’s a gutless liar," wrote another anti-MAGA account on X.
"This is some next level gaslighting. Marshall is a complete failure as a senator," wrote X user Anna Baxter.
Chris D. Jackson, Democratic Party chair for Lawrence County, Tennessee wrote on X, "These guys are such blowhards pretending they actually do real work. It's an insult to the actual people they represent who have real jobs."
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