Reporters likely attend Donald Trump rallies in hopes of catching the GOP nominee saying something outrageous, and he rarely disappoints. So quite a few ears perked up at a campaign stop Monday night when Trump was heard calling Hillary Clinton “the devil.”
https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/760269959209455616
Trump calls Clinton "the devil" > https://t.co/rXYad1tlvj
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) August 2, 2016
General election, week 1. Trump literally calls Clinton 'the devil' https://t.co/OrMFFT5DvT
— Jon Street (@JonStreet) August 2, 2016
It’s true: Trump literally uttered the words “she’s the devil” in a purely metaphorical sense. But those were his words.
Trump called Clinton "the devil" at Pennsylvania rally tonight https://t.co/aOjffNWBFM via @JDiamond1
— Joshua Chavers (@JoshuaChavers) August 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/dmartosko/status/760271315446145024
Older readers of the Daily Mail’s print version will certainly appreciate the all-caps rendering of SHE’S THE DEVIL, but it wasn’t necessary. Really, it wasn’t.
A few of us here just had to check. Yes, Trump just called Hillary Clinton "the devil."
— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) August 2, 2016
Had to check? It’s a shame that journalists covering the rally fell asleep during story time and were roused from their naps by the buzz, but let’s go to the video.
And now Trump just called Hillary "the devil." pic.twitter.com/7IvVtSYtjc
— Marcus Gilmer (@marcusgilmer) August 2, 2016
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Someone confront Trump with "At long last have you no sense of decency, Sir?" as Joseph Welch said to Senator Joseph McCarthy
— Andrea Vojtko (@AndreaVoyt) August 2, 2016
he's completely gone off the deep end
— Lanna (@Lannatexasgal) August 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/realdealONL/status/760271447503826944
As much as the Trump campaign would love for this story to push the Khizr Khan debacle off of the front pages, it really doesn’t deserve to. The Clinton campaign might respond with a tweet, PolitiFact might even check into the claim, but anyone who watches the video can see that Trump was simply employing a metaphor: Bernie Sanders made a deal with the devil, and the devil in that scenario was Hillary Clinton.
that's your guys problem everything he says you all make it the biggest deal, so when he really says something it means squat
— TheLionsDen2 (@roartime1) August 2, 2016
Trump has provided plenty of material for criticism, but “SHE’S THE DEVIL” will look so good across the cover of the New York Daily News tomorrow morning. Taken in context, though, he has a point (this time).
Trump says Bernie made a "deal with the devil. She's the devil." Referring to Hillary Clinton.
— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) August 2, 2016
"Believe me, he has buyer’s remorse," Trump says about Sanders. "He made a deal with the devil. She’s the devil."
— Ashley Killough (@KilloughCNN) August 2, 2016
Anyone who saw the expression on Sanders’ face on the closing night of the Democratic National Convention as Clinton gave him a shout-out from the stage shouldn’t have any problem following Trump’s line of reasoning here. Does this look like the face of anything but buyer’s remorse?
.@HillaryClinton: "I want to thank @BernieSanders. Bernie, your campaign inspired millions of Americans." pic.twitter.com/cNWQgelduS
— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 29, 2016
Just for laughs, a reporter should ask Hillary Clinton if she really is the devil sometime during her next press conference, not that there’s a chance in hell she’ll have one before November.
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