Today was supposed to be the day that Julian Assange ended Hillary Clinton’s chances at the White House, emphasis on supposed to, with a big reveal of damaging new information from WikiLeaks. Except that’s not what happened and the early-morning presentation turned into what amounted to a 10-year-anniversary highlight reel and fundraising pitch with nothing at all on Clinton:
.@Wikileaks held off making any major disclosures #OctoberSurprise https://t.co/x8PgfhBZFJ
— Heat Street (@heatstreet) October 4, 2016
Assange tried to claim that he’d been misquoted by the U.S. media:
PRESS: Will WikiLeaks #OctoberSurprise 'Destroy' Clinton? ASSANGE: I've Been Misquoted A Lot [VIDEO] | RedState https://t.co/dtAz4uKzJM
— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) October 4, 2016
Yeah, that’s not going to fly:
Reporter: You said your leaks would lead to Hillary Clinton's indictment.
Assange: Says Who?
Reporter: Your statements.
Assange: Says who?— Max Burns (@themaxburns) October 4, 2016
Alex Jones from InfoWars.com was particulary incensed at Assange’s lack of new information to bring down Hillary Clinton, reportedly calling the WikiLeaks founder a “cuck” and a “butt plug”:
Release the documents NOW @wikileaks! We only have a month before #Election2016 comes to an end! #Wikirolled #TrumpvsHillary
— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) October 4, 2016
@hboulware Did I hear them call Assange a "cuck"?
— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) October 4, 2016
Yes, he did in fact call him a butt plug, a jelly donut fop, and a cuck. https://t.co/GFrxvLYoVn
— Heather (@hboulware) October 4, 2016
Video:
… @infowars' @realalexjones reacts to #wikileaks nothing burger: "julian assange is a hillary butt plug." pic.twitter.com/1qKwZSwIaL
— nick ramsey (@nick_ramsey) October 4, 2016
We’ve been trolled, that’s for sure:
Julian Assange has just pissed of the Internet this morning. Not good. #OctoberSurprise #wikileaks10
— Mark Dice (@MarkDice) October 4, 2016
Best troll ever: Assange asking why I'm up at 4am, while I'm wondering why I'm up at 4am, after he told me to be up at 4am. #OctoberSurprise
— Matt Dougan (@Americooligan) October 4, 2016
#OctoberSurprise! #JulianAssange is mean Willy Wonka! pic.twitter.com/FKVvFOyfHD
— DeplorableScottErnst (@RealScottErnst) October 4, 2016
And how soon until we see this theory?
@hboulware @lizbuddie I'm waiting for the "He was afraid Hillary would kill him" tweets.
— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) October 4, 2016
Prediction: Soon.
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