As Twitchy reported Friday, it wasn’t quite the press conference for which reporters have been waiting nearly 250 days, but Hillary Clinton did speak before a group of African American and Hispanic journalists and addressed her comments on the FBI’s findings into her emails.
Clinton’s televised claim that FBI Director James Comey had declared her answers regarding her “extremely careless” handling of emails truthful earned the Democrat nominee four Pinocchios from the Washington Post and a “PANTS ON FIRE!” rating from PolitiFact. On Friday, she explained away that controversy by claiming that she may have “short circuited” when answering Fox News’ Chris Wallace.
Donald Trump wasn’t about to let that go and responded on Twitter Saturday.
Crooked Hillary said loudly, and for the world to see, that she "SHORT CIRCUITED" when answering a question on her e-mails. Very dangerous!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 6, 2016
Fair enough. He’s not going to stop there, though, is he?
Anybody whose mind "SHORT CIRCUITS" is not fit to be our president! Look up the word "BRAINWASHED."
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 6, 2016
Heading to New Hampshire – will be talking about Hillary saying her brain SHORT CIRCUITED, and other things!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 6, 2016
That should be an interesting campaign stop. At rallies in Des Moines and Green Bay Friday, Trump had a few other choice words for Clinton. The Hill reports that the GOP nominee deemed her “unhinged,” “unstable,” “unbalanced,” and “a monster.”
Trump escalates attacks: Clinton "unhinged" and a "monster" https://t.co/Aqpte7KLE8 pic.twitter.com/IIdC9k9kfr
— The Hill (@thehill) August 6, 2016
Something tells us Trump’s leap from short-circuited to “brainwashed” isn’t going to go over well with those wishing he would rein it in a little bit. If only the media would react so quickly to the many, many, many times Clinton has been caught “misspeaking” as they do to a tweet from Trump.
Republican presidential nominee suggests Democratic presidential nominee has been "brainwashed" https://t.co/XTRiu2ocqs
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) August 6, 2016
Brainwashed? https://t.co/1yVKax7LlL
— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) August 6, 2016
George Romney hurt his 1968 bid for GOP nomination when he said he had been "brainwashed" into backing Vietnam war. https://t.co/5AFVcqbybu
— Ted Davis (@TeddyDavisLA) August 6, 2016
dude. This is what YOU are doing. You're projecting. And you're dangerous. Please stop this.
— drew olanoff (@yoda) August 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/SteveSoboroff/status/761939378591576064
Stopping you from becoming president is a national emergency. Our very lives are at stake.
— Cory (@cstreater) August 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/paulbibeau/status/761966745670262788
BRAINWASHED: pic.twitter.com/pJazQuidmk
— Ari Levy (@levynews) August 6, 2016
you do realize you describe yourself with every insult you throw right?
— I am Adman (@Adman_NZ) August 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/awebbiz/status/761956354726572032
Anybody who is a sociopath/narcissistic/racist is GROSSLY unfit AND dangerous. Look up "LOOSE CANNON" and "INCOMPETENT."
— Tammy Rosenfeld (@TammyRosenfeld) August 6, 2016
Thanks @realDonaldTrump once again for making this about you – reminding us how Crazy and Unfit You are. Bravo. https://t.co/9z7pMoHeuz
— Lynne A ? (@lahtay44) August 6, 2016
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. We in GOP hope you too short circuited when mocking disabled, Kahn, baby..
— John Doyle (@JohnMDoyle_FL) August 6, 2016
Hillary Clinton lies continuously, but she certainly wasn’t brainwashed; that would suggest her single-minded pursuit of power at others’ expense originated somewhere else but in her very own head. Her followers, on the other hand …
For some on the left, Hillary has never told a lie about her email https://t.co/mjVvYTVXh6
— John Sexton (@verumserum) August 6, 2016
This sounds about right:
https://twitter.com/ChangSauce2000/status/761990206623023104
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