GOP nominee Donald Trump is being criticized for taking the 2016 presidential election into the gutter, but Team Hillary proved Sunday that they know their way around such low places.
Democratic rival Hillary Clinton quoted Michelle Obama in response to Trump’s charge during Sunday night’s presidential town hall that former President Bill Clinton “was abusive to women,” saying: “When they go low, you go high.”
WATCH: “When they go low, you go high.” – Hillary Clinton quotes First Lady Michelle Obama from the DNC. #debates https://t.co/SXFxxK9Xcg
— Good Morning America (@GMA) October 10, 2016
Yet, just minutes later, Clinton’s foreign policy spokesman, Jesse Lehrich, took to social media to tell Trump to “go f**k yourself.”
That’s going high?
Lehrich’s tweet was a brutal reaction to Trump saying that if he was president during the Iraq War, fallen Muslim-American Captain Humayun Khan, who died in 2004, would still be alive.
“I would not have had our people in Iraq. Iraq was disaster,” Trump said Sunday night. “So he would have been alive today.”
https://twitter.com/JoePerticone/status/785298691380879360
Lehrich would later issue an apology — he left the offending tweet on his timeline — saying that it was a “personal tweet,” but the damage had already been done:
I want to apologize for the clearly inappropriate nature and language of this personal tweet. Sorry all.
— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) October 10, 2016
Conservative firebrand Michelle Malkin was quick to note the sheer hypocrisy of the Clinton campaign. Here’s her response, along with the reaction of others from Twitter:
ICYMI: Hillary’s foreign policy flack demonstrates how Team Hillary stays on moral high ground & never goes low:https://t.co/j5sYDFAHUR
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) October 10, 2016
@michellemalkin , Hey Jess Did You Not Hear Crooked Killary Say that Moochelle said to take the High Ground. Cock Roaches Do Climb Walls;-)
— Mario E (@Dry_Back) October 10, 2016
@michellemalkin @JesseLehrich @realDonaldTrump what @HillaryClinton meant was-they get really high &tweet the first shit that comes to mind
— Mathew S Harrison (@MathewSHarrison) October 10, 2016
.@michellemalkin how many times did we cycle through George Carlin’s 7 Dirty Words during this campaign? #debate #Debates2016 #Hannity
— Andrew Humphreys (@AndyWHumphreys) October 10, 2016
@michellemalkin I would remind the potty mouthed punk @JesseLehrich there would also be a few folks alive in Benghazi if he had been POTUS
— Cy Stanton (@CyStanton) October 10, 2016
@michellemalkin … and here I thought they were sensitive to filthy talk. Maybe it’s the word “hypocrisy” they consider dirty …
— ProudlyDeplorable (@jabney8) October 10, 2016
@michellemalkin @JesseLehrich @realDonaldTrump they go high all right… with the middle finger!
— Angie Williams (@Txk_Angie) October 10, 2016
@JesseLehrich ladies and gentleman, Clinton’s foreign policy spokesperson. Nice language, great demeanor. Preview of her Admin. #debates pic.twitter.com/in4FdE4jfT
— Nick Primrose (@NickPrimrose) October 10, 2016
@JesseLehrich I have been undecided w who 2 support & vote 4, Say’n “go F@$k yourself” as a spokesman for @HillaryClinton, you just lost me.
— Sean Roach (@ItsSeanRoach) October 10, 2016
@JesseLehrich @realDonaldTrump what happened to words matter? Oh, republican words matter. Got it.
— susan price (@sbprice) October 10, 2016
Most disgusting comment of the night. Clinton campaign tweets this garbage. Trump must have really pushed their… https://t.co/JRncrDoP2C
— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) October 10, 2016
@SarahPalinUSA @HillaryClinton should demand this man be fired immediately! She should tweet an apology to @realDonaldTrump #unacceptable
— Gary Randol (@GaryRandol_TAS) October 10, 2016
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