Hillary Clinton’s campaign is firing back at the coverage of her staffers using a rope to keep reporters covering the candidate in line while Hillary marched in an Independence Day parade in Gorham, NH yesterday.
You see, it was for their own good and the GOP is at fault for wanting to “spin” this into something it’s not!
Clinton campaign responds to ropeline story: "While the GOP may want to spin a good yarn on this…" pic.twitter.com/QgvJZP40Vs
— Dan Merica (@merica) July 4, 2015
GOP story? Ha! It was members of the MSM who posted the pics in the first place:
.@danmericaCNN @NickMerrill its not @GOP story. It's reporters posting pics & I don't think that's yarn. It's rope tying the media in knots
— TheRightWingM ?? (@TheRightWingM) July 4, 2015
How does that explain the rope? What's the GOP "spin"? other than to note exactly what was going on? @danmericaCNN @maggieNYT
— Cindy Cooper (@CindyCoops) July 4, 2015
That @maggieNYT is such a GOPer, amirite? @danmericaCNN https://t.co/08XOUWbB6u
— Pablo (@Pablo_1791) July 4, 2015
@danmericaCNN @maggieNYT How do you spin a moving rope line? Blaming the GOP??? Pathetic.
— Deb Ramey (@ramey_deb) July 4, 2015
More from CNN’s Dan Merica who writes the Secret Service was on board with the rope idea, too:
Clinton’s Secret Service detail also urged journalists to abide by the mobile rope line.
“You are not going fast enough,” one agent said when the rope tightened around a reporter’s waist.
And Mark Knoller reminds us that Hillary’s fondness for the rope was pioneered by her husband during his presidency:
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@maggieNYT It's a page from the Clinton White House playbook on press wrangling. They used the rope technique on the WH press pool.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) July 5, 2015
The real question, however, is if the MSM will allow this to continue (we know the answer):
@danmericaCNN You buying that response?
— Jean Tuttle (@waffle721) July 4, 2015
@danmericaCNN There, you see? They corralled you with ropes for your own freedom.
— ⊆ ∀ ® ¬ ⊜ ∫ (@iheartdogfarts) July 5, 2015
@danmericaCNN @museofhistory So nice of her to "accomodate" the press–she'll make a good emperor.
— Andy Martin (@Dollarlogic) July 5, 2015
https://twitter.com/jimmiebjr/status/617448715696144384
@danmericaCNN @maggieNYT See? The Press should be grateful for their unprecedented level of access! Hahaha
— Andrew Broering (@AndrewBroering) July 4, 2015
@danmericaCNN so they mock it. Amazing. Next time, I hope press brings scissors.
— GCinDC (@grcanty) July 4, 2015
Yeah, like that would happen.
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