Overview
- A short Fox News video from a stop in Harrison, Maine, showed Sen. Susan Collins shaking and spread quickly online.
- Collins, 73, said she has had an essential tremor for her entire Senate tenure and described it as benign.
- She said the condition does not affect her job and noted it is common, affecting about one in twenty people over age 40.
- WCSH first reported the disclosure and quoted a Mass General Brigham doctor who said essential tremor does not lead to Parkinson’s disease.
- The episode renewed attention to how voters judge age and fitness for office, with recent focus on Rep. David Scott’s death and questions about President Trump’s health.