Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton finally unleashed her campaign’s “secret weapon” this year, but it apparently has been in storage for quite a while and needs an update; consider Bill Clinton’s recent comparison of the contentious GOP debates to “those rap tunes on MTV” and today’s reference to kids “getting hopped up on crack.”
As far as we know, Clinton might still be riding high on the claim that he was the country’s “first black president” — which was widely misinterpreted as a compliment. On the campaign trail today, though, he confronted #BlackLivesMatter protesters, and though he didn’t seem to know much about them, they had certainly done their research on his legacy, such as his 1994 crime bill and promise to deploy 100,000 new cops.
Clinton tops the list of trending topics on Twitter Thursday night, and not in a good way.
Bill Clinton is trending. Yikes!
— Johnetta Elzie (@Nettaaaaaaaa) April 7, 2016
Trying to educate the protesters by steering their attention away from his criminal justice policies and toward Africa was probably not the best move.
#Bill Clinton pic.twitter.com/fbLvnPFqBQ
— Jay (@AustralianDude) April 7, 2016
"I’ll tell you another story about a place where black lives matter: Africa" –Bill Clinton https://t.co/Dzkqwmpb0j
— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper) April 7, 2016
oh Jesus and today is literally the anniversary of the Rwandan genocide https://t.co/tHlgeZF1tz happened during Clinton's presidency
— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper) April 7, 2016
Slick Willie isn’t so slick anymore.
I just saw the clip of Bill Clinton's comments defending Hillary's "superpredator" statement. Bill was once a master orator. This was bad.
— deray (@deray) April 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/KhaledBeydoun/status/718216060986658816
Bill Clinton dismissed both the impact of the crime bill & doubled down on defending language that even Hillary has distanced herself from.
— deray (@deray) April 7, 2016
Bill Clinton was once of the most gifted orators that I'd ever seen. That one SOTU was legendary. But today, he showed us a different side.
— deray (@deray) April 7, 2016
@deray when people show you who they truly are, believe them.
— Λshley (@ashleyencalada) April 7, 2016
Where have we heard that recently?
Born on this day in 1928, Maya Angelou’s voice holds a powerful place in the ongoing fight for justice. pic.twitter.com/7g0GLRI6SX
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/prisonculture/status/718215671360987136
@deray TODAY he showed us? What about Ricky Rector, welfare reform, the crime bill, private prisons, NAFTA? Bill's been racist from the jump
— Abolish ICE and all borders (@markaprovost) April 8, 2016
Bill #Clinton and his lovely wife helped create the culture of police overreach, brutality, militarization and unaccountability.
— Tar Heel Gay (@CarolinaHomo) April 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/seanwilson160/status/718225889973157892
https://twitter.com/ByYourLogic/status/718207611972272128
Hillary during Bill Clinton's speech pic.twitter.com/aiOKb5mZJY
— Dior Vargas (@DiorVargas) April 7, 2016
Bill Clinton made controversial remarks at today’s speech. He also made this absurdly creepy gesture. pic.twitter.com/WwPZAjBhbR
— Slate (@Slate) April 7, 2016
Next event in Harlem, Hillary will say, Sister, I can't believe my baby daddy acting like a fool. He's just tripping https://t.co/FmX2jcygxs
— ✞♕In God I Trust♕✞ (@InGodIDoTrust) April 7, 2016
Trump should come out and say the same exact thing, word for word, just so we can watch the contrast in the media. https://t.co/FmX2jcygxs
— ✞♕In God I Trust♕✞ (@InGodIDoTrust) April 7, 2016
What’s the chance a sore throat or some similar excuse forces Bill off of the campaign trail and back to bed rest for the next few days?
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