Despite claims that Republicans on the House Select Committee on Benghazi are trying to railroad Hillary Clinton’s presidential run — and the corollary defense that her email scandal doesn’t disqualify her from serving as our nation’s top executive — her campaign put on a full press blast during her Thursday testimony before the committee.
Not only did the former secretary of state deliver a quasi-campaign speech during her opening remarks, but her press secretary Brian Fallon spent the morning live-tweeting the spectacle. (VIDEO: Did Hillary Just Give A Stump Speech In Her Opening Benghazi Statement?)
Opening statement by Trey Gowdy seems mostly concerned with justifying legitimacy of committee after GOP admissions of its partisan motives
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) October 22, 2015
Agreed. https://t.co/TKUCY6O0QQ
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) October 22, 2015
Not a single new fact about Benghazi in Trey Gowdy's opening statement; just a defensive rationalization of his committee's existence.
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) October 22, 2015
Trey Gowdy cancelled interviews with DoD and CIA officials in favor of interviews with @HillaryClinton campaign staffers. #BenghaziCommittee
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) October 22, 2015
Now it's Hillary Clinton's turn. #BenghaziCommittee
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) October 22, 2015
Hillary Clinton: "I'm here to honor the service of those four men" who died on September 11, 2012 #BenghaziCommittee
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) October 22, 2015
Hillary Clinton on the late Ambassador Stevens: "His work was 21st century, hard-nosed diplomacy" #BenghaziCommittee
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) October 22, 2015
Hillary Clinton is refocusing this hearing on what it should be about.
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) October 22, 2015
Hillary Clinton: "It wld compound tragedy of Benghazi if Stevens' death … ended up undermining the work to which he… devoted" his life
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) October 22, 2015
Hillary Clinton: "Retreat from the world is not an option. America cannot shrink from our responsibility to lead." #BenghaziCommittee
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) October 22, 2015
Hillary Clinton on fallen Americans: "They believed, as I do, that America is greatest force for peace & progress the world has ever known"
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) October 22, 2015
Clinton: Congress has stalled Benghazi Review Board's recommendations to boost diplomat security. Diplomats "deserve better"
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) October 22, 2015
Hillary Clinton: "Let’s be worthy of the trust the American people put in us. They expect us to lead…To rise above partisanship"
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) October 22, 2015
Guess @PeterRoskam didn't get Gowdy's memo about the right tone for this hearing? #BenghaziCommittee
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) October 22, 2015
[VIDEO] Hillary Snips: I Can Do More Than One Thing At A Time’ — Then Forgets To Turn On Mic
Someone should pass a note to Roskam telling him he isn't coming off well.
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) October 22, 2015
https://t.co/XI0vOl5s6K pic.twitter.com/cPz8oSfmlq
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) October 22, 2015
This is not a particularly effective line of questioning. #BenghaziCommittee
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) October 22, 2015