Hillary Clinton Using Sandy Hook Victims as Political Props Just Backfired Completely

[pdsimdars]

After a crushing defeat in Wisconsin, Hillary Clinton’s new campaign strategy is to viciously attack Bernie Sanders. But that isn’t working out so well.

Clinton’s campaign has been attacking the gun issue since last night, casting Bernie Sanders as a friend of gun manufacturers and Hillary Clinton as a staunch advocate of gun control. But that line of attack completely backfired after her campaign team tweeted a political attack at Sanders, using the children killed in Sandy Hook as a political football:


Immediately, the comment thread for that tweet was full of angry Sanders supporters, but even Clinton supporters were disgusted, calling out the former Secretary of State for her insensitivity toward Sandy Hook victims. One Sanders supporter who had apparently been trying to convince her parents to switch their support from Clinton to the Vermont senator said the Sandy Hook tweet was what put them over the edge:


A Facebook post from the relative of a Sandy Hook victim was perhaps most heartbreaking of all. It featured a picture of 6-year-old Allison Wyatt, one of the 20 children killed at Sandy Hook, with a plea for Clinton to stop bringing up the horrific shooting to smear her opponent. Other Twitter users agreed that Clinton’s Sandy Hook attack was one step too far:


Other Twitter users pointed out the hypocrisy of Clinton’s outspoken pro-gun control stance, as Clinton has a long record of selling hundreds of billions of dollars worth of American weapons to repressive Middle Eastern regimes. One Iraqi Twitter user brought up a quote from Clinton’s private server emails, in which the Secretary of State referred to war-torn Iraq as a “business opportunity” for corporate interests.


While the Sanders campaign has yet to directly respond to this particular attack, his record backs up his statements as a stalwart proponent of gun control legislation, earning him a D- grade from the National Rifle Association. Several Twitter users were quick to point this out in response to Hillary Clinton’s Sandy Hook tweet:


http://usuncut.com/politics/clintons-sandy-hook-attack-backfires/



Don't say we haven't warned you.

[pantsonfire]

1. Let her continue, we know that Sanders is akin to FDR, "I welcome your hatred"...n/t

[senz]

3. Effective sig line image, pantsonfire.

Maybe I could borrow it sometime?

[pantsonfire]

4. It's all yours ;) n/t

[senz]

5. Thanks!

[senz]

2. She's losing the "nice lady" image she was working on last week.

That weathervane is going to trip her up every time.

Thanks, pdsimdars.

[Lodestar]

6. Just give her some rope...

the end.

[eridani]

7. Suing gun manufacturers is just stupid. If you get stabbed, can you sue Ginsu?

If the manufacturer had a direct connection with the buyer and failed to do a background check, that is a different matter. (One already covered by background check laws.)

[msanthrope]

8. That's not how it's playing in the NY media.....the Sandy Hook families speak for

themsleves, and eloquently. It was Bernie's disastrous interview with the DN that brought this issue to the forefront.

Blaming HRC for where Bernie stepped in it won't work.