Former President Bill Clinton responded to Karl Rove's recent comments on his wife Hillary's health, USA TODAY reported.
Clinton said on Wednesday he was "dumbfounded" upon hearing the ex-Bush advisor's suggestion that she once suffered "traumatic brain injury" and said he expects the GOP to do "whatever it takes" to make her look bad.
"First they say she was faking her concussion, now they say she's auditioning for a part on The Walking Dead," Clinton said. "She is strong, she is doing great. As far as I can tell, she's in better shape than I am."
"Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds," he added, referring to Rove's remarks and the general discussion about Hillary among Republicans.
Last week, Rove was speaking at a conference in California when he openly wondered in the former secretary of state had brain damage.
"Thirty days in the hospital?" Rove asked the crowd on Thursday, referring to a fall Clinton suffered in 2012. "And when she reappears, she's wearing glasses that are only for people who have traumatic brain injury? We need to know what's up with that."
Following the comments, a Clinton spokesperson told The New York Post that she is just fine.
"Please assure Dr. Rove she's 100 percent," a spokesperson said.
Clinton spent time in New York Presbyterian Hospital for a potentially life-threatening blood clot but was released after three days, the Post said.
"Karl Rove has deceived the country for years, but there are no words for this level of lying," a spokesperson said. "She is 100 percent. Period."
The former president said the comments are "just the beginning" for Hillary, who he claimed will make a decision on whether or not to run later this year.
"You can't be too upset about it," Clinton said. "They'll just get better and better."
Clinton addressed Rove's suggestion, which received severe criticism, during the 2014 Fiscal Summit held by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation -- the same summit where New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said he was thinking about running for president.
