We’re not sure how we missed this last week, but wow. Just … wow.
Bill Clinton sat down for an interview with Judy Woodruff on PBS NewsHour, where he weighed in on Al Franken. Yes, that Al Franken:
Wow, I missed Bill Clinton weighing in on Franken, citing SNL colleagues defending him and questioning some allegationshttps://t.co/vzhLbmlqUQ pic.twitter.com/bi2pxMf5MF
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) June 11, 2018
But wait — there’s more:
And this is quite the turn of phrase pic.twitter.com/JZjl4t9WKs
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) June 11, 2018
Pardon our French, but what in the ever-loving f*ck?!
"Norms have changed in what you could do to someone against their will."
WHAT??
— RBe (@RBPundit) June 11, 2018
"Norms have changed about what you can do to someone against their will" is a hell of a sentiment https://t.co/wjOwGsxiTo
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 11, 2018
Phrasing, Bill. Phrasing, dammit!
Bill Clinton had his chance. If the Melvin interview was hardball, then Stephen Colbert gave him the treatment of a soft-hearted tee-ball coach. Then this. https://t.co/bPw1GtVKWB
— Bryan S. Myrick (@BryanMyrick) June 11, 2018
Am I to take from that sentence that there WAS a time when it was OK to do something to someone against their will? pic.twitter.com/8hcXzbONqh
— PEACHES (@john_peacher) June 11, 2018
Yeah, I don't think he articulated that very well at all.
— Artie J. Cooper (@RTJCooper) June 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/1006225775396315136
"How much you can crowd their space, make them miserable at work." Think about that. https://t.co/aDZw3R8EA0
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) June 11, 2018
You'd need oven mitts and pliers to fully unpack this Clinton comment. pic.twitter.com/HkoxSJPRo0
— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) June 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/ThatElJefe/status/1006226453053272064
Uh, yeah.
This is the weirdest book tour ever https://t.co/fVAU06CX1q
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) June 11, 2018
If anyone should be told to take up knitting…
— Megan Dugan? (@library_dean) June 11, 2018
Seriously. Because every time he opens his mouth, he inserts his foot.
I do think that some of you are talking that Bill Clinton comment out of context and that it doesn’t actually mean what some of you seem to think it means. pic.twitter.com/tvGHymPcC2
— Ken Gardner (@KenGardner11) June 11, 2018
It's not that we're taking it out of context.
It's that he's speaking as someone with first-hand experience on the subject. Someone who knows what you used to be able to get away with VERY intimately. https://t.co/GPxkFtYwSJ
— RBe (@RBPundit) June 11, 2018
Exactly. This is Bill Clinton we’re talking about.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional text and tweets.
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Update:
'HE RAPED ME'! Juanita Broaddrick SLAMS Bill Clinton's CREEPTASTIC 'turn of phrase' https://t.co/oBdqXQAyYK
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 11, 2018
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