It’s been nearly three years since Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election over Hillary Clinton, yet the former reality star can’t seem to keep his former opponent’s name out of his mouth. (Probably, because it still irks him that he lost the popular vote.) While kicking off his 2020 reelection bid at a rally in Orlando on Tuesday evening, it seemed as if all Trump could talk about was Hillary, Hillary, Hillary.
And no — that’s not an exaggeration. MSNBC even rounded up clips of seven separate instances of the president evoking the former Secretary of State:
By the following morning, Trump was back at it, tweeting about “Crooked Hillary” and her emails during some obviously very productive Executive Time.
“Why aren’t the Dems looking at the 33,000 Emails that Hillary and her lawyer deleted and acid washed AFTER GETTING A SUBPOENA FROM CONGRESS?” Trump fired off in a two-part tweet. “That is real Obstruction that the Dems want no part of because their hearings are RIGGED and a disgrace to our Country!”
….33,000 Emails that Hillary and her lawyer deleted and acid washed AFTER GETTING A SUBPOENA FROM CONGRESS? That is real Obstruction that the Dems want no part of because their hearings are RIGGED and a disgrace to our Country!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 19, 2019
To that point, following the rally, 2018 Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum weighed in by tweeting at Clinton: “You must be EXHAUSTED! Cause you’ve been running through [Donald Trump’s small mind for a LONG time ?.”
On Wednesday afternoon Ms. Clinton finally responded to Gillum with an epic clap back — quite possibly her most epic yet. “I can handle it. Blessed with stamina,” she tweeted back, referencing President Hamberder’s former claims that she didn’t have the “stamina” to be president. “And thankfully I didn’t stay up late last night watching InfoWars,” she added.
I can handle it. Blessed with stamina. And thankfully I didn’t stay up late last night watching InfoWars…
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 19, 2019
To little surprise, it didn’t take long for Twitter to rally around Clinton.
Hillary shade is the best shade. pic.twitter.com/Kzcr4ClPzv
— Colleen ♋🦀 (@ColleenHolt20) June 19, 2019
I love a good mic drop.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) June 19, 2019
HRC right now. pic.twitter.com/CyvKpkfOuR
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) June 19, 2019
STA-MI-NA! InfoWars!
Classic.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) June 19, 2019
— Trust Black women *We tried to tell you* (@NicolasEdny) June 19, 2019
This is simply fantastic. pic.twitter.com/pfvvFJYwhc
— Alexandra🍸 (@nycbubbles) June 19, 2019
https://twitter.com/Kalarigamerchic/status/1141395411455942656
— Brian DeLancey ⚜️ (@briandelancey) June 19, 2019
#FightLikeHill ❣️❣️ pic.twitter.com/AQ6JMJMprH
— Nancy Lee Krieger🗽KickedCancer's A$$🥊🥁🕶💛🐝😷 (@hlthiskrieger) June 19, 2019
It seems unlikely that Trump will respond to or even catch wind of Clinton’s shade, since it’s just as unlikely that Fox News will cover it. So the rest of us will just have to enjoy knowing that it’s out there, existing in the world.