Contrary to the narrative spun by the Trump campaign, Clinton did not say she herself “short-circuited.” She merely said she short-circuited her answer on Fox News — an answer that, after all, earned her Four Pinocchios. He claims that Clinton said she “short-circuited” when talking about the FBI investigation of her emails. That statement was made Friday, Aug. 5, and within a day the Trump campaign released a video ad on Facebook that portrays the former secretary of state as a malfunctioning robot. A few days ago, the Trump campaign tried to claim that Hillary Clinton pledged to raise taxes on the middle class — a silly attack, because it was clear from the context of her statement that she was pledging not to raise taxes. Clinton explained that she was trying to say that her answers to the FBI were consistent with what she has said in public but had conflated the two thoughts to wrongly suggest that Comey had vouched for her public statements.

Source: Washington Post August 07, 2016 15:53 UTC