Reps. Dan Meuser, R-Pa., and Adam Smith, D-Wash., appeared together on Newsmax on Thursday afternoon, where they sparred over recent speculation about President Donald Trump’s health and rumors of his death.

Rumors spread on social media last weekend and this week that Trump, 79, was suffering from undisclosed serious health problems or had even died, speculation that Trump himself dismissed in social media posts and in public appearances.

In a panel appearance on “American Agenda,” Meuser sharply criticized Democrats over the rumors, saying, “with due respect to Adam Smith and, you know, there are many, many decent Democrat colleagues, but when they get behind a microphone and … speak, they’re really irrational and their entire policy is about getting Trump.”

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