This afternoon, Mother Jones decided to tease Twitter with an intriguing headline:
Hillary Clinton just did something none of her rivals have done https://t.co/oIU26ogduk pic.twitter.com/NgLgwN3xFc
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) November 12, 2015
We’re guessing they didn’t anticipate the well-deserved Hillary-pummeling that ensued:
@MotherJones Charged colleges 250k per speech, then complained about rising tuition rates?
— M. Amsterdam (@emmdee22) November 12, 2015
https://twitter.com/_wintergirl93/status/664902547920957440
https://twitter.com/TANSTAAFL23/status/664897507982499844
Delete emails off her server? https://t.co/5wpwUIHmFW
— Metlife Cat Fan Account (@BrandonBibb_DBD) November 12, 2015
https://twitter.com/MoonbatCatnip/status/664901979886473217
https://twitter.com/Travesham/status/664900562631065600
https://twitter.com/Hatsfree/status/664902939853492224
https://twitter.com/dad_of_jacob/status/664901159304470529
https://twitter.com/MoonbatCatnip/status/664901846041886720
And then, of course, there’s the fun stuff:
@MotherJones fixed her grip with polident?
— Chest Rockwall (@scaryebolr) November 12, 2015
https://twitter.com/KeviKev10/status/664895851999813632
.@MotherJones Fell down…. couldn't get up? https://t.co/o9jLkLugE6
— BonkPolitics (@BonkPolitics) November 12, 2015
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/664900055036465152
https://twitter.com/1979amish/status/664903445317468160
Recharged an exoskeleton? https://t.co/jDsvj1yxeT
— The H2 (@TheH2) November 12, 2015
Had her emotion chip serviced? https://t.co/pc7PB4neEB
— Dr. Kankokage (@kankokage) November 12, 2015
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/664898191725301760
Wore someone else's face like a mask? https://t.co/R5dEeCBmLk
— David Edward ? (@_David_Edward) November 12, 2015
So, what’d Hillary do that impressed MoJo so much?
Today Clinton produced her own $30 billion plan, which would use a smattering of tax incentives and grant funding to support public health, education, and entrepreneurial initiatives in coal communities from Appalachia to Wyoming.
You can read the full plan here. It follows the lead of a similar but much smaller initiative Obama rolled out last month. Much of it is targeted at rebuilding infrastructure—highways, bridges, railroads, broadband networks. The Clinton campaign says that kind of development would not only create new jobs to replace those lost in the coal industry, but be vital for growing new industries.
Yawn. We liked people’s guesses a lot better.
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