Former staffers with Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign rushed to defend their leader with a series of tweets Wednesday evening after a tell-all book put the failed candidate in a thoroughly negative light.
“Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Doomed Campaign” — $16.80 Hardcover, $13.99 Kindle
Former press secretary Nick Merrill defended Clinton by sharing pictures intended to combat the narrative Clinton was full of rage at staffers, starting a tweet of a candid photo of grinning staffers. The photo “must have been staged,” he tweeted.
.@PhilippeReines, that photo must have been staged.
Here is the cold, hard truth. Click at your own peril… pic.twitter.com/IRLhOX261k
— Nick Merrill (@NickMerrill) April 20, 2017
Merrill then shared a black and white photo of two men hugging. “Here is a terrible argument I had” with fellow staffer Greg Hale, he tweeted.
Here is a terrible argument I had with @GregHale1. pic.twitter.com/0wY0nqpJjq
— Nick Merrill (@NickMerrill) April 20, 2017
Another tweet bemoaned her “miserable” birthday celebration.
And that miserable birthday celebration. pic.twitter.com/SHDyC4fv6J
— Nick Merrill (@NickMerrill) April 20, 2017
And another showed the “very angry” Clinton speaking with her response team.
Or @HillaryClinton clearly very angry with her advance team. pic.twitter.com/tIT4IWeCoP
— Nick Merrill (@NickMerrill) April 20, 2017
“And this, this is unforgivable” he tweeted, with a photo of a hug between Clinton and a fan.
And this, this is unforgivable. pic.twitter.com/u71gZYa5S0
— Nick Merrill (@NickMerrill) April 20, 2017
Another tweet mocks the suggestion Clinton would steal a baby she took a picture with on the campaign trail.
Where did she get that baby anyway? pic.twitter.com/tEp5PoT2Cj
— Nick Merrill (@NickMerrill) April 20, 2017
Here’s another obviously staged photo, this time it proves that there wasn’t any staff infighting, according to the former Clinton staffer.
More staff infighting… pic.twitter.com/B85g6B0ZuT
— Nick Merrill (@NickMerrill) April 20, 2017
Former staffer Jennifer Palmieri was more direct in her defense of Clinton, asserting in a tweet that everyone in the staff worked hard, and were proud of Clinton.
I don’t recognize the campaign depicted in Shattered. It was tough but we stuck together & all our proud of how hard our candidate fought. https://t.co/fJMeYtS0PK
— Jennifer Palmieri (@jmpalmieri) April 19, 2017
“Shattered” described Clinton as a candidate with almost no perception of her own shortcomings. She regularly raged at staffers for their poor decisions, and Campaign Manager Bobby Mook was forced to atone for “poor” decisions he made with campaign spending and grassroots organizing.
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