UH OH! WaPo fact checker schools Hillary on silencers, gets accused of 'mansplaning' [sic] & more

Doug P. | 2:11 PM on October 02, 2017

As Twitchy has reported, Hillary Clinton’s kneejerk reaction following the mass shooting in Las Vegas last night included this swipe at the NRA:

The crowd fled at the sound of gunshots.

Imagine the deaths if the shooter had a silencer, which the NRA wants to make easier to get.

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 2, 2017

Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler alerted Clinton to a certain reality:

Actually, even with "a silencer," it's pretty loud. An AR-15 rifle would have a noise equivalent to a jack hammer. https://t.co/rL1YFuAB5b https://t.co/YE9smBZqGG

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) October 2, 2017

Kessler’s tweet triggered a backlash with at least one person telling him to check his privilege:

pic.twitter.com/HSbeeQjR2W

— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) October 2, 2017

Sheesh. But others didn’t like Kessler’s fact check either:

https://twitter.com/butwhyevernot/status/914907722411364352

Actually, that would be quieter. https://t.co/aoAWCzC6CR

— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) October 2, 2017

Are you kidding me with this fact check? I'm sure it would have been super loud from the 32nd story.

— Chris Garnett (@ChrisJGarnett) October 2, 2017

https://twitter.com/mikeyplg/status/914898600403992576

This, however, is a silly counterpoint. Stealth aircraft aren't dangerous because they're invsible, but because they're *less visible*. https://t.co/3Mm5nkjfFZ

— Aaron Schwartzbaum (@aaron_schwa) October 2, 2017

https://twitter.com/LauraRbnsn/status/914900814447173632

Confirmed:

https://twitter.com/CrankyGordon/status/914877049172561920

Sad but true:

https://twitter.com/storm_paglia/status/914872773239017472