Hillary Clinton Forgets Bernie Sanders Was ‘Right Behind Her’ In The ’90s, But The Internet Remembers

The past week hasn’t seen amazing truths for Hillary Clinton. She stumbled into several inconsistencies during the Univision Democratic Debate. Now she’s sort-of apologized for honoring Nancy Reagan as a “very effective, low-key advocate” in the 1980s HIV and AIDS crisis. Some well-documented sources prove that Reagan did, in fact, ignore friend Rock Hudson’s pleas for help before his untimely death in 1985. Hudson wasn’t the only casualty in this fight. If only AIDS research had kickstarted years prior, who knows how many lives could have been saved. On Saturday, Clinton walked back her gratitude with an official statement:

“While the Reagans were strong advocates for stem cell research and finding a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, I misspoke about their record on HIV and AIDS. For that, I’m sorry.”

In Clinton’s defense, two decades have passed, and a lot has happened since then. However, Clinton also spent her Saturday speaking at St. Louis rally about rival Bernie Sanders. She alleged, “I don’t know where he was when I was trying to get healthcare in ’93 and ’94.”

https://twitter.com/amychozick/status/708713916415741953

Sanders’s own rapid response manager, Mike Casca, saw Clinton’s shade, and he had some characteristically speedy responses. In Casca’s words, Sanders was “literally standing right behind her” in a speech aired on C-SPAN.

Oh, snap. For those not familiar with Clinton’s 1993 healthcare speech to Congress, it’s not too far off base from Sanders’ current plan. This issue has been a subject of several current debates with Clinton declaring that Sanders doesn’t care enough, and yeah, what a mess. Although Clinton had already endured enough humiliation, there was more on the way. Someone produced and circulated a handwritten, 1993 note of healthcare gratitude from Clinton to Sanders (with photo evidence).

Thanks to Twitter’s immediacy, Clinton’s own communications director, Jennifer Palmieri, tried to land a spin with no success. Palmieri pointed out how Clinton was “the one out front.” Well, this statement is true. Clinton is the one on the mic with Sanders respectfully standing behind her.

“I don’t know where he was” swiftly turned into a meme, and (somehow) the “why you always lying” guy and Larry David both received their dues.

https://twitter.com/FeeIThaBern/status/708815556816740352

Clinton is not worried, y’all. She spent Saturday night with a Guinness in Ohio.

(Via ABC News, New York Times & BernieSanders.com)