There certainly weren’t any shocking revelations during Wednesday night’s #DemTownHall on CNN; both candidates stuck closely to their stump speeches. If there was any genuine surprise, it was Hillary Clinton’s claim that she’d never thought of running for president while she was serving as secretary of state under President Barack Obama, who defeated her handily in her 2008 presidential run.
.@HillaryClinton on running for president: “I never thought I would do this" https://t.co/tYfMklCli1 #DemTownHall https://t.co/5CJWU4hFuG
— CNN (@CNN) February 4, 2016
(CNN posted the wrong video with this tweet; hopefully they’ll get things fixed.)
Not even David Axelrod is pretending to buy that one.
Wonder how many folks believe that @HillaryClinton never thought about running for POTUS?#DemTownHall
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) February 4, 2016
@davidaxelrod @HillaryClinton zero?
— michelle celarier (@mcelarier) February 4, 2016
@davidaxelrod @HillaryClinton "believe" and "Hillary" don't belong in the same sentence.
— Roger the Shrubber (@jwellingtonpeev) February 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/pyotr_kropotkin/status/695087984601907200
https://twitter.com/chatelainedc/status/695088585096110080
@davidaxelrod @HillaryClinton Maybe since she ran for NEW YORK senate when she was from the SOUTH
— Maria Afsharian (@MariaAfsharian) February 4, 2016
@davidaxelrod @HillaryClinton Oh she thought about it plenty after BC cheated and she stayed. She's been thinking about it ever since.
— AlexiW Ⓥ ?♀️ (@pepperkatw) February 4, 2016
@davidaxelrod @HillaryClinton Why young people don't support her. Disingenuous. #DemTownHall
— Robin Perry (@RobinDPerry) February 4, 2016
@davidaxelrod ME-ow! Pretty sure she was talking about back in the day, snarkmeister.
— Trish Rothgeb (@trishrothgeb) February 4, 2016
@davidaxelrod @HillaryClinton *crickets*
— John (@WhatJohnSed) February 4, 2016
@davidaxelrod @BernieArtists @HillaryClinton Only every day since she walked into the White House.
— ???backtothegarden??? (@oneearthforall) February 4, 2016
@davidaxelrod @HillaryClinton She is a pathological liar. She proved that very effectively tonight. Very poor yet revealing performance.
— Disco_Liberation_Movement (@thirtyninehotel) February 4, 2016
@davidaxelrod @HillaryClinton Yep!
— Odins.Deposition (@RestlessPursui1) February 4, 2016
@davidaxelrod @HillaryClinton been wondering why no one questioned the obvious calculated stepping-stone senate, SOS, etc leading to this.
— dneuer (@dneuer) February 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/jennschmelder/status/695091160747008000
@davidaxelrod @HillaryClinton Actually…she's ALWAYS thought she was POTUS.
— Leonard Gilbert (@LeonardGilbert2) February 4, 2016
@davidaxelrod @HillaryClinton Utterly laughable. And the reason people find it hard to trust her. It *does* seem she will say anything.
— Chuck Brown (@chazzbro) February 4, 2016
@davidaxelrod @HillaryClinton she's wanted to be president since the 7th grade. Another HRC lie
— CUBFAN1957 (@PVCDDS) February 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/wheninsocal/status/695089422602096640
@davidaxelrod @HillaryClinton hmm. Probably the same amount of adults that believe in the tooth fairy.
— Chad Micheal (@Chad_Micheal) February 4, 2016
@davidaxelrod @HillaryClinton exactly zero
— Brett (@Deac15) February 4, 2016
@davidaxelrod @HillaryClinton Not a soul, and that's why people DO NOT trust her
— Reza Jafari (@RayJayDC) February 4, 2016
@davidaxelrod @HillaryClinton Is there anything more painful and awkward than watching Hillary Clinton attempt to seem genuine?
— Kenneth Lewis (@Prosecutorslife) February 4, 2016
@davidaxelrod @HillaryClinton I literally laughed out loud at that comment
— Brandon Willett (@willbrando) February 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/BobSterba/status/695087900359143424