Hillary Clinton gave a glimpse into what her general election campaign may look like during a Wednesday interview with CNN, saying she’s prepared to counterpunch against all manner of attacks from presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
In the interview, CNN host Anderson Cooper asked Clinton if she was ready for Trump’s personal attacks on her marriage to former President Bill Clinton.
“Well, he’s not the first one, Anderson,” Clinton says. “I just can’t—I can’t say this often enough. If he wants to go back to the playbook of the 1990s, if he wants to follow in the footsteps of those who have tried to knock me down and take me out of the political arena, I’m more than happy to have him do that.”
Clinton told Cooper she is far more prepared to take on the “blustering” Trump than his 17 failed Republican opponents were over the last year.
“This is to me a classic case of a blustering, bullying guy who—who has knocked out of the way all of the Republicans because they were just dumbfounded,” Clinton said. “They didn’t know how to deal with him and they couldn’t take him on on the issues and they basically agreed with him and they didn’t know how to counterpunch him.”
No, Trump says he only counter-punches when he is attacked. Maybe they both will wait for the other to start, and the whole campaign will be fought on policy issues?
Oh my … let the bully beatdown commence.
Has Bernie said anything about Trump today? I mean it will be his opponent if he wins the nomination?
No, he’s out fleecing more gullible rubes today.
"Send me more money and I’ll totes convince the Super Delegates that they should back the candidate who has less pledged delegates, less total popular votes, less state contest victories, who has been dominated in the major general election swing state contests, who is behind in head to head national polling, who has said that our hugely popular sitting Democratic President should be primaried four years ago, and who has not lifted a finger to help down ballot Democrats in his entire career.
But wait … send 3 easy payments of $19.99 within the next 24 hours, and I’ll throw in a free Sham Wow!!!"
Isn’t Hillary’s point about her doing the counter-punching?