Jennifer Granholm, the former Michigan governor who oversaw the collapse of the auto industry and its subsequent taxpayer bailout, attempted to spin Hillary Clinton’s latest controversy — that some of her emails contained classified information “too damaging” to national security they can never be released.
Using a time-tested Clinton tactic of blaming the accuser, Granholm claimed “the emails were NOT marked classified when she sent or received them,” adding that Republicans “are frothing at nothing, as usual,” and Hillary “did NOT create them.”
Rs are frothing at nothing, as usual. The emails were NOT marked classified when she sent or received them. She did NOT create them.
— Jennifer Granholm (@JenGranholm) January 30, 2016
But whether they were “marked classified” has no bearing on them being classified and holds no legal weight, as Twitter users were quick to point this out to Granholm, now a professor of law. As secretary of state it was Clinton’s duty to know if material was classified or not.
As member of his cabinet, HRC knew what qualifies as classified. Therefore, she KNEW items were coming in an insecure manner. @JenGranholm
— Carole Gilman (@CaroleGilman) January 30, 2016
Are you saying she received all classified communiques during her term in another way?@JenGranholm
— Carole Gilman (@CaroleGilman) January 30, 2016
Sorry, Gov @JenGranholm you are not telling the truth
I respected you more as our Gov, not a shill for Hill @CaroleGilman— Sandy (@RightGlockMom) January 30, 2016
pic.twitter.com/h5EUrXVNOa @JenGranholm
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) January 30, 2016
.@JenGranholm you should alert the FBI that you've reviewed all the emails, and they pass the stringent Granholm Test
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) January 30, 2016
This just in: Worst Governor ever, @JenGranholm, lacks reading comprehension skills. From Hillarys signed NDA… pic.twitter.com/oEqZ6dzJw5
— Robert Laurie (@RobertLaurie) January 30, 2016
Hi @JenGranholm pic.twitter.com/q5DqMrExfa
— Countermoonbat (@CounterMoonbat) January 30, 2016
After her two terms as governor of Michigan, Granholm quickly left the state for a job in California as a professor at the University of California at Berkley.