A noticeably drowsy and frail-looking Hillary Clinton addressed the media aboard her campaign plane Saturday evening, and it raises new questions about whether she’d be prepared for that “3 a.m. call” as she claimed in 2008.
Clinton — low energy, with her voice flatter than normal and eyes half open — referred to the two explosion incidents in New Jersey and New York on Saturday as “bombings” — then proceeded to imply criticism of Donald Trump for saying the acts involved a “bomb.”
Hillary Clinton, on her campaign plane, responds to explosion in NYC pic.twitter.com/4tfyUE2vNc
— Liz Kreutz (@ABCLiz) September 18, 2016
“I’ve been briefed about the bombings in New York and New Jersey, and the attack in Minnesota,” Clinton said, referring to a knifing at a St. Paul mall in which the assailant allegedly shouted “Allah.”
“Obviously we need to do everything we can to support our first responders, also to pray for the victims,” she said.
“We have to let this investigation unfold. We’ve been in touch with various officials including the mayor’s office in New York, to learn what they are discovering as they conduct this investigation,” Clinton said.
“And I’ll have more to say about it when we actually know some facts,” she said.
When she was asked about Donald Trump’s reference to the New York City incident as a “bomb,” Clinton said, “Well, I think it’s important to know the facts about any incident like this, that’s why it’s critical to support the first responders, the investigators, who are looking into it who are trying to determine what did happen,” repeating her previous statement.
In 2008, she ran a campaign ad claiming she was better prepared than Barack Obama to receive that urgent call at “3 a.m.,” and was better experienced to handle security matters.
Given her demeanor on Saturday night, can she still make that assertion?
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