Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Says They Will Release a Doctor’s Note – ABC News

Bernie Sanders’ campaign says They will release a doctor’s note affirming That the 74-year-old Vermont senator is in good health.

The move comes after a Politico report saying the head of super PAC in direct coordination That Works With Hillary Clinton’s campaign will call on Sanders to release His medical records. The super PAC has since called the report “false.”

“Yeah, of course,” Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver Told ABC News. “Look he’s Been in the Congress. He has a regular doctor. We’ll just get you the Doctor’s note.”

“The guy’s in great health,” added Weaver.

Michael Briggs, Sander’s communications manager in statement Told ABC News That the planned campaign “all along” to release medical information from His physician before the primaries and caucuses.

On Saturday, Politico Reported That David Brock, the founder and head of the Correct the Record PAC, would call on Sanders to release medical records before the Iowa caucus on Feb. 1. Over the summer, Clinton, 68, released a statement from her doctor’s health saying That she is in “excellent physical condition and fit to serve as President of the United States.”

The Sanders campaign did not miss a beat in responding. Immediately They sent a fundraising email to supporters calling the move “the most desperate and vile attacks imaginable.”

Following Their response, released to Correct the Record from David Brock statement denying the report.

“There are false media reports saying circulating Correct The Record is planning on running ads on the issue. Again we are not planning an attack on This and Have Not Even Discussed it internally,” Said Brock.

Also The Clinton campaign distanced itself from the attack. Campaign chair John Podesta tweeted at Brock to “chill out.”

“We’re fighting on WHO would make a better President, not Who has a better on Physical Fitness Test,” Podesta wrote.

The back-and-you forth comes two weeks before the Iowa caucus Where the latest polls show the two candidates neck-and-neck, and after a week of Increased attacks by the Clinton campaign Against the Vermont senator.