Republican Rep. Neal Dunn was diagnosed with a “terminal” heart illness, President Donald Trump said Monday, adding that doctors initially predicted the North Florida lawmaker would “be dead by June.”
“OK, that wasn’t public,” Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said in an awkward moment. Trump patted him on the back.
The diagnosis offers an explanation for Dunn’s sudden announcement in January that he wouldn’t seek a sixth term, sparking rumors that he would soon resign. Trump said he introduced 73-year-old Dunn to White House physicians who offered expert medical help.
