Shocker: Hillary Clinton endorses Donald Trump
After reviewing Comey testimony, former Secretary of State says Donald Trump has more of what it takes to be President, drops out of race.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton discuss Clinton’s surprising endorsement, and future ethical training.
Democratic candidate for President Hillary Clinton surprised the press at her first press conference of 2016 by announcing that she is formally endorsing the Republican candidate, Donald Trump.
The former Secretary of State said that Mr. Trump has the temperament and personality necessary to “do exactly what should be done, and take America’s interest and security very seriously.”
Mrs. Clinton took herself out of the running for President, claiming that “if elected, I might short-circuit, and be unable to perform my White House duties.”
The combination endorsement and resignation came in response to FBI Director James Comey calling Mrs. Clinton’s actions as Secretary of State “reckless and irresponsible.” Hillary Clinton agreed, saying that she “did exactly what I should have done done, recklessly and irresponsibly. Recklessness and irresponsibility are the two most important qualifications for President of the United States.”
The candidate added that “the only American more reckless and irresponsible than myself is Donald Trump. Therefore, Donald Trump will make a better President than I.”
Donald Trump praised Mrs. Clinton, calling her “a leader, unlike what we have in this Party. She’s a leader far more than Reince Priebus has been. There’s a lot of stupidity going on in the race right now, a lot of lying, a lot of stupidity.”
When asked if he would condemn Clinton’s alleged deletion of incriminating emails and her exposing the State Department to foreign hackers, Trump responded, “sure, absolutely.” But he went on to defend Clinton by calling out the press for its ethical hypocrisy.
“A lot of you folks have credibility problems, I hate to tell you,” Trump told the rowdy pool of reporters. “Who among you hasn’t lied to the public, or hidden damaging information?”
Trump announced that he’d be sending Hillary Clinton through an ethics and credibility training program. “We’re going to get her into a trust program, get her down from 30,000 to only 15,000 missing emails.”
“In the long run, we’re going to improve both her recklessness and irresponsibility,” said the presumptive frontrunner. “Don’t worry folks, she’s a natural.”
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- “The agency’s yearlong investigation found that she did not, as she claimed, turn over all her work-related messages for release. It found that her private email server did carry classified emails, also contrary to her past statements. And it made clear that Clinton used many devices to send and receive email despite her statements that she set up her email system so that she only needed to carry one.” (Memeorandum thread)
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- “So I did exactly what I should have done and I take it very seriously, always have, always will.” (Memeorandum thread)
- She Said, He Said: How Clinton's Version Of Events Stacks Up With Comey's: Eyder Peralta at NPR: National Public Radio
- “The long-running drama over Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email server during her time as secretary of state came to some resolution today as FBI Director James Comey announced that while Clinton was ‘extremely careless’ in handling classified information, she should not face charges. As Comey laid out the agency’s reasoning, however, it became clear that his version of events differed from what Clinton has said in the past. His comments and her previous declarations raised many questions.”
- State Department report slams Clinton email use: Ryan Browne and Evan Perez at CNN
- “At a minimum, Secretary Clinton should have surrendered all emails dealing with Department business before leaving government service and, because she did not do so, she did not comply with the Department's policies that were implemented in accordance with the Federal Records Act.”
Hillary Clinton
- Clinton admits she may have ‘short circuited’ answers on email controversy: MJ Lee and Dan Merica at CNN
- “Hillary Clinton attempted to clarify Friday recent misleading statements about her use of a private email server at the State Department, saying she ‘may have short-circuited’ her answers about it.”
- Hillary Clinton fears “Vast White Russian Conspiracy”: Amy Chozick at The New York Times
- Asked about potential conflicts of interest between Clinton Foundation donors and aides who worked in Mrs. Clinton’s State Department, she brought the lengthy exchange with reporters back to national security and defended her tenure as the nation’s top diplomat. “Everything I did at the State Department, I did in furtherance of America’s interest and security,” she said. “The State Department said there’s absolutely no evidence of any kind of external influence.”
President Donald Trump
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- “He’s running his country and at least he’s a leader, unlike what we have in this country,” Trump said when asked by “Morning Joe” Republican host Joe Scarborough about Putin’s alleged killing of journalists and political opponents. (Memeorandum thread)
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- The Republican presidential nominee told the forum the Russian president “has been a leader far more than our president [Obama] has been”.
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