Politics
Liam O'Dell
Feb 12, 2022
Morning Joe blasts GOP hypocrisy over Hillary Clinton emails and Trump documents
MSNBC
We really don’t know why US politicians are obsessed with selling caps, but ex-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has decided to troll her former rival, Donald Trump, with one of them.
Ms Clinton’s release of limited edition ‘but her emails’ caps comes after the controversial MAGA cap wearer was alleged to have flushed documents down the toilet in the White House.
The claims are reported in an upcoming book by New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman – titled Confidence Man – which brings a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘bogged down’.
Sharing an Axios article on Twitter, Ms Haberman wrote: “White House residence staff periodically found papers had clogged a toilet, leaving staff believing Trump had flushed material he’d ripped to pieces.”
As is to be expected, Mr Trump rejected the reports in his usual style.
“Another fake story, that I flushed papers and documents down a White House toilet, is categorically untrue and simply made up by a reporter in order to get publicity for her mostly fictitious book,” he said in a statement published on Thursday.
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It isn’t the only story about Trump and White House documents to make the news in recent days, after The Washington Postreported that the National Archives recovered multiple boxes of official correspondence from his Mar-a-Lago residence last month.
Remembering her former opponent’s repeated attacks over the emails scandal – which concerned State Department emails stored on a private computer server – Ms Clinton decided to reference Mr Trump’s latest controversy with a limited merch drop.
“Just in time for Galentine’s Day, and the news that Trump was flushing documents down the White House toilets… A limited edition hat is in the [Onward Together] store now,” the former first lady tweeted on Friday, accompanied by an edited photo of her wearing the cap.
Just in time for Galentine's Day, and the news that Trump was flushing documents down White House toilets... \n\nA limited edition hat is in the @onwardtogether store now. https://shop.onwardtogether.org/products/but-her-emails-hat\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/rF7EeOKXm4— Hillary Clinton (@Hillary Clinton) 1644591248
The $30 hats have certainly proved popular, as they have since sold out online – and many Twitter users were a fan of them, too:
pic.twitter.com/1dke7UqeEM— \ud83c\udf0eBe a Cutie Pie and get Vaccinated (@\ud83c\udf0eBe a Cutie Pie and get Vaccinated) 1644591310
Love this, and love you!!— Christy (@Christy) 1644591346
pic.twitter.com/m0A5o5PJPi— POP POP\ud83d\udc3e\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfd\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@POP POP\ud83d\udc3e\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfd\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1644591337
Her political shade is UNMATCHED and I\u2019m here for it.pic.twitter.com/XyLGNRbfOy— Donna Stazzone (@Donna Stazzone) 1644591538
This is amazing— Aaron Parnas (@Aaron Parnas) 1644602973
I believe this is yours! pic.twitter.com/CzhrS0ZbOJ— THEE Dudette is Vaxxed, Boosted & Masked \ud83d\ude37\ud83d\udc9b\ud83d\udc1d (@THEE Dudette is Vaxxed, Boosted & Masked \ud83d\ude37\ud83d\udc9b\ud83d\udc1d) 1644625743
Others, meanwhile, were unconvinced:
There's just no dignity to any of this.https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1492149960929861634\u00a0\u2026— American Wumao (@American Wumao) 1644641548
It\u2019s been 6 years babe. Time to move on.https://twitter.com/hillaryclinton/status/1492149960929861634\u00a0\u2026— AGAB (assigned gay at bdubs) (@AGAB (assigned gay at bdubs)) 1644640120
This one\u2026..: can someone please ship her a truckload of Chardonnay? Imma need @HillaryClinton to shut the fuck up.https://twitter.com/hillaryclinton/status/1492149960929861634\u00a0\u2026— Jung at Heart \ud83e\udda5\u262d (@Jung at Heart \ud83e\udda5\u262d) 1644638140
You look like shithttps://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1492149960929861634\u00a0\u2026— Omar (@Omar) 1644614028
Seems odd to sell merch emblazoned with a half-decade old joke making light of your intentional subversion of public records laws, however bad the other guy is!https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1492149960929861634\u00a0\u2026— Natalie Shure (@Natalie Shure) 1644613197
how is this not pathetichttps://twitter.com/hillaryclinton/status/1492149960929861634\u00a0\u2026— vanessa a. bee \ud83d\udc1d\u270c\ud83c\udffe (@vanessa a. bee \ud83d\udc1d\u270c\ud83c\udffe) 1644612669
As for us, we think Ms Clinton’s new merchandise is more clap back than snapback…
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