President Obama & the First Lady backstage in the Green Room before today’s Joining Forces event. Photo by Pete Souza
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this is the fake benghazi story ed henry is amplifying at the press conference -> bit.ly/13J0POi
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) April 30, 2025
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Michael Tomasky: Well, we learned something new about what’s going on in wingnut land. Apparently, you see, there are four-no; make that at least four!-diplomatic officials who are in possession of vital information about Benghazi: the department’s (er, Hillary’s) refusal to increase security in the months before the attack; the diplo security forces (er, Hillary’s) failure to respond to the attack in the most forceful way; and finally, the administration’s (er, Hillary’s) cover-up and lies in the aftermath.
Ed Henry asked about this right off the bat, injecting a dose of Breitbartism into the proceedings. Like everyone else in America who tries not to patronize the fever swamps, I went “huh?” Then I Googled it and got this Fox News piece laying out the whole vast conspiracy:
More here
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Here’s the press conference again:
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# 1 public priority: jobs. Bottom of list: Benghazi.1st question asked at presser: Benghazi.# of questions re jobs? 0 That’s malpractice
— john miller (@deaconmill) April 30, 2025
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That ‘Honest, I’m trying *reeeeeeally* hard to take you seriously’ look
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How the hell does Chuck Todd not know the Feds will step in and set up health exchanges if the states won’t? Jesus H. Marychain. #whpresser
— Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) April 30, 2025
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