The press pool traveling aboard Air Hillary has a lot of time on their hands between stops, so the only possible explanation for this is that they’re messing with the rest of us left on the ground. You don’t think they’re using this rare opportunity to ask Hillary Clinton the tough questions? They’ll show you just how seriously they take this gig.
we rolled an orange to @HillaryClinton on the plane…who would you rather have dinner w…Trump or Putin? A:Putin pic.twitter.com/8PQNzKxtCH
— Tamara Gitt (@tamaragitt) September 6, 2016
Press corps rolls orange to Clinton with a q on it: dinner with Trump or Putin? She (and/or her staff) circled Putin pic.twitter.com/MRw04lnaQh
— Elyse PG (@elysepg) September 6, 2016
Clarification: Clinton didn’t circle the answer, although she probably should have eaten the orange for the vitamin C.
Some misunderstanding. Clinton didn't actually answer the orange question. A staffer circled Putin. We're still waiting for her response.
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) September 6, 2016
Press rolled orange to HRC asking if she'd rather dine w Trump or Putin. @NickMerrill circled Putin & rolled it back pic.twitter.com/b6160y7NPf
— Liz Kreutz (@ABCLiz) September 6, 2016
Maybe next time you can use one of these for your hard-hitting questions. pic.twitter.com/dDf96bVGMG
— Flora (@Flora_Finching) September 6, 2016
Come on … no way that’s gonna roll.
Really? Wow! pres. campaign coverage has changed a lot since I did it. Anyone ask if she prefers red or white wine?
— Dick Uliano (@DickUliano) September 6, 2016
Unreal. Why do we even bother having media.
— Hooray Beerz (@HoorayBeerz1) September 6, 2016
So we’re not sure with whom Clinton would choose to have dinner. How does she feel about the House asking for a probe into the tech staffer who scrubbed her email archive just days after joining a conference call with Clinton’s lawyers? That wouldn’t fit on an orange, though.
Maybe she’ll talk about that later; word is she’s been pretty chatty despite that nasty cough.
Clinton has, though, answered about 45 mins of questions from traveling press over past 2 days. Orange roll is a campaign plane tradition.
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) September 6, 2016
Reporters almost missed out on that tradition, until Clinton finally broke down and hit the reset button on her vow of silence. But did the orange roll count as a press conference?
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