SHOCKING video has emerged from the same public event in which the former First Lady/New York senator/Madame Secretary/Democratic nominee for President told Recode's Kara Swisher that she would, contrary to the will of the people in general and this people in particular, still like to be president. But the video, in this case, is almost less important than the transcript, which a number of prominent conservatives have been sharing with apparent glee. And it's easy to see why: If you just read the transcript, Clinton looks very, very bad.
Kara Swisher: âCory Booker⊠What do you think about him saying 'kick them in shins,' essentially?â
Hillary Clinton: âThat was Eric Holder.â
Swisher: âOh, Eric Holder, Iâm sorry.â
Clinton: âI know they all look alike.â
OKAY HILLARY!!! That's quite the bold and racist statement from someone who still apparently wants to be president and isn't a member of the GOP. But now watch the video....
See?? It's a JOKE. She was KIDDING. And not at the expense of black people but at the expense of Kara Swisher, who clearly deserved a little ribbing for confusing Cory Booker and Keith Ellison. I watched this video just a few hours after publicly declaring that Hillary should give up her dream of being president and open a yarn store, and I almost changed my mind about her presidential prospects after seeing it. It was funny!! She is funny!! And yet, as this got passed around online, both her intent (to make fun of Kara Swisher) and the impact (the audience laughed) were completely stripped from the situation and what we got were tweets like this:
Hillary Clinton jokes that all black people look alike. Racist jokes are funny when liberals say them. They'll get you fired and deplatformed if you're a conservative though. pic.twitter.com/vAloFduomW
â Mark Dice (@MarkDice) October 29, 2018
And this....
Hillary Clintonâ the woman who offered the black community hot sauce plus a free Jay-Z & BeyoncĂ© concert in exchange for our voteâ now says that all black people look alike.
She also believes we all think alike and vote alike.
Democrats are openly racist. #BLEXIT and #VoteRed https://t.co/KZJOf0BXyG
â Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) October 30, 2018
And this...
Does the outrage mob have any outrage left today to go after @HillaryClinton for her racist remark? Probably not bc theyâre too busy blaming @realDonaldTrump for everything horrible in the world. https://t.co/jVAMA3cieV
â Stephanie Hamill (@STEPHMHAMILL) October 30, 2018
And this...
I call upon all my leftwing liberal fanboys to join me in condemning âŠ@HillaryClintonâ© & her dog whistling racism:
âThey All Look The Same" - Hillary Cracks Racist Joke After Booker/Holder Mix-Up#Election2018 https://t.co/z9egEX528s
â Tim W. Jones (@SpeakerTimJones) October 30, 2018
And this...
No - seriously - @HillaryClinton makes a racist joke, no gray area - yet @megynkelly simply mentioned "blackface" and she is fired - which is ironic since Hillary actually once wore blackface for Halloween... Really #Walkaway https://t.co/e58NEDjTfN
â Tony Shaffer (@T_S_P_O_O_K_Y) October 30, 2018
What can we learn from this episode? A couple things. For one, it shows how text alone can radically misconstrue what happens in the world and we should all pivot to unedited video if we want to understand absolute Truth. And two, the only joke conservatives get is the one in the Oval Office.