Former Hillary Clinton spokesman Jesse Ferguson blamed actress and political activist Susan Sarandon for Friday night’s strike on Syria.
Sarandon, who ultimately supported Jill Stein for president in 2016, was roundly criticized for helping “throw the election to Trump.” Clinton herself addressed the possibility in her book, “What Happened.”
Ferguson started with a tweet that got into “Trump brain” and dissected the possible motivation for a strike against Syria.
(Trump Brain)
“I gotta make cable news cover something else.
And I can’t fire Mueller yet, coverage would be bad.
I know! I’ll bomb someone.
Bolton, come in here. Bring the mustache.”
— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) April 14, 2018
He followed that shortly with the attack on Sarandon.
I’d like to congratulate Susan Sarandon
— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) April 14, 2018
But Sarandon was ready for him, and quickly reminded Ferguson that Clinton had advocated retaliatory strikes on Syria.
https://t.co/W0IcMuSlMO https://t.co/BPTwG25EuR
— Susan Sarandon (@SusanSarandon) April 14, 2018
Sarandon, who revealed that she had faced threats of death and rape from Clinton supporters following the 2016 election, said in a 2017 interview that she believed America would already be at war if Clinton had won the election. “I did think she was very, very dangerous. We would still be fracking, we would be at war [if she was president]. It wouldn’t be much smoother. Look what happened under Obama that we didn’t notice.”