Hillary Clinton had the perfect single-word response to Trump quoting Putin during a campaign rally in New Hampshire on Saturday. She shared a news report on Trump’s widely condemned comment on Twitter. Via HuffPost:
And she captioned the link: “Puppet.”
Trump at the event, in his latest praise of his former Russian counterpart, quoted Putin as saying: “It shows the rottenness of the American political system, which cannot pretend to teach others about democracy. They’re all laughing at us." At the same rally, GOP front-runner Trump drew fierce backlash for claiming immigrants are “pouring” into the United States and “poisoning the blood of our country.”
Clinton last month warned voters to take the four-times-indicted Trump “at his word” with his dictatorial language on the campaign trail. “I think it would be the end of our country as we know it,” she predicted of a second Trump presidency. He was “somewhat restrained” in his first term but would become unhinged if he wins next year, Clinton told “The View.”
Trump at the event, in his latest praise of his former Russian counterpart, quoted Putin as saying: “It shows the rottenness of the American political system, which cannot pretend to teach others about democracy.”
“They’re all laughing at us,” Trump added.
She was right then. She's right now.
