A sizable percentage of the population really seems to have bought into the post-election notion that Hillary Clinton’s email scandal was nothing more than a witch hunt over the sloppiness of her record-keeping, not her mishandling of classified information and refusal to communicate through official and secure channels.
Even Barack Obama had her back, explaining to Fox News what the government’s policy on sensitive information said if you read between the lines: “there’s classified, and then there’s classified,” he explained, adding that “there’s stuff that is really top secret top secret” and stuff that is “open source.”
So even the word “email” can be triggering to progressives when used in a political context. Vice President Mike Pence, for example, complained Saturday afternoon that the AP had published his wife’s private email address.
Last night the @AP published my wife's private email address, violating her privacy and our security…
— Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) March 4, 2017
When we requested they take it down, they refused. The @AP owes my wife an apology. pic.twitter.com/LdMmnewnWF
— Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) March 4, 2017
So the AP printed Karen Pence’s private email address? Too bad for her, huh?
Sucks to have your emails leaked, huh.
— Tom Bonier (@tbonier) March 4, 2017
.@VP If you're upset about this, then you really have no idea how hypocrisy works.
— Jason 'Human Scum' Sterlacci (@JasonSterlacci) March 4, 2017
Not so fun when the shoe's on the other foot, is it Mike? #GOPHypocrisy
— Lynn Comella (@LynnComella) March 4, 2017
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https://twitter.com/Alt4America/status/838146911106400256
Hush, you. This is the most fun some of these people will have this weekend; don’t spoil it with facts.
Doesn't feel good, does it?
— Jen ? (@jenvargas) March 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/BeauRyan/status/838145485818871808
Now you are bothered by email leaks?
— Thom Donovan (@ThomDonovan) March 4, 2017
If I were you, the I would never use the word "email" again in public. It's never good to draw attention to your hypocrisy.
— jepaco (@jepaco) March 4, 2017
only thing more pathetic than Prez playing the victim is VP playing the victim. Please stop the whining and own up to your mistake.
— Jim Kessler (@ThirdWayKessler) March 4, 2017
Your lack of self-awareness is really hard to quantify.
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) March 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/FreshLIama/status/838145577317711873
https://twitter.com/statesidestokie/status/838145930322984961
Ah you poor thing. Leaks against Dems was ok through Wikileaks though eh?
— Giants2018 (@JCharlie916) March 4, 2017
Hey, Mike. My email address was in the Podesta leaks. So join the club. Leaks suck, but you never opposed Wikileaks. Hmmmm.
— Eric Schmeltzer ?? (@JustSchmeltzer) March 4, 2017
NOW you're against hacked emails being leaked??? Should not have broken the law by actually doing what you accused Hillary of!
— James Toupin (@Jamestoupin) March 4, 2017
sucks to be you. Did they confiscate her phone and look at her social media and private info too? Treason's a nasty game…
— Kitty Hates Ttump! (@HatesTtump) March 4, 2017
sucks to be wife of someone who did state business via private email. Call the waaaahmbulance.
— Kent Anderson (@kanderson) March 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/SandiegoSteven/status/838162659404963840
Sympathy level = 0
— Brenda Of The North (@BrendaJeanCDN) March 4, 2017
why weren't you as indignant when other people had their email hacked and violated? Because Democrats aren't people in your book?
— KateRothwell (@KateRothwell) March 4, 2017
Hacking is not so funny now is it ? You and Trump thought it was ok a few months ago, how do you like it now bottom feeder he-he-
— kevin m brisky (@teamster792) March 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/alsmattdorf/status/838175390510247936
https://twitter.com/jedip13/status/838161146859282432
It’s not just Hillary that has people breaking out the world’s smallest violin for Pence; it turns out the AP’s publication of his wife’s private email is karma in more ways than one.
.@VP Yeah, it really sucks when powerful organizations get all invasive with the women that you truly care about.
Hmm…
— will millar (@willmillar1) March 4, 2017
wait, you don't control her email account like you do her reproductive system and vaginal choices? Weird.
— #MOPA??? (@mopa_nope) March 4, 2017
and all the women who's privacy was invaded when u said government should decide a woman's PRIVATE decisions about their own body
— Lisa Lucas (@LucasInsider) March 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/bhendricks72013/status/838164637195595776
https://twitter.com/Greytdog/status/838165120400379904
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Shocker: *Now* that it's Mike Pence, libs discover strange new curiosity of 'hidden' emails https://t.co/blpjSolaEF
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 15, 2016