Only Hillary Clinton could spin a yarn that a candidate’s authenticity is a negative attribute.

hillary-clinton-shrug-orange-pantsuit-emails-2The woman who claimed she carries hot sauce in her purse, whose Southern accent has come and gone based on her geographic location, and who still can’t seem to give a straight answer on why she jeopardized national security by creating a homebrew server for her classified State Department emails, is attempting to cast Donald Trump’s authenticity in a negative light.

In attempting to criticize her Republican opponent, Clinton said, “There is no other Donald Trump. What you see is what you get.”

Sure, sometimes it’s gritty, occasionally it’s cringeworthy, but it’s authentic. It’s the real Donald Trump. As she derisively said, “What you see is what you get.”

THANK YOU — IT’S ABOUT TIME!

After all, it’s Trump’s no-holds-barred approach that propelled him through the Republican primary season all the way to the nomination.

And his criticisms of Obama’s economy and Clinton’s failed efforts in Libya — including Benghazi — and elsewhere in the Middle East are precisely why Americans may propel him to the White House.

It’s a strange attack for Clinton to launch, given her documented lack of authenticity and accusations of pandering for votes.

But if that’s the debate she wants to have, Trump should jump at it.

I can hardly say it better than 11-year-old Trump supporter Matthew Schricker.

When he was quizzed last week by CNN over his support for Trump, he responded, “I really think that listening to a few bad words coming out of Donald Trump is a lot better than people getting blown up by terrorists, people getting burned alive, people’s heads being chopped off and people getting drowned.”