RNC Chair: Hillary Just ‘Playing Politics’ With Benghazi Book Chapter

In this Jan. 24, 2014, photo, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus is seen at the RNC winter meeting in Washington. The dueling faces of a conflicted political party were on display for all to see at... In this Jan. 24, 2014, photo, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus is seen at the RNC winter meeting in Washington. The dueling faces of a conflicted political party were on display for all to see at the just-concluded RNC meeting. The reminder of the divisions comes a year after Priebus published a report aimed at modernizing the party and boosting its ranks, and as Republicans eye their best chance at taking control of both houses of Congress since 2002. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) MORE LESS
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Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday said that Hillary Clinton is playing a political game “24/7.”

Clinton leaked a chapter in her book about benghazi to Politico, in which she defended her decision not to go on the Sunday shows after the Benghazi attack. Priebus criticized the chapter on Benghazi in her book as an attempt to cover herself politically.

“Hilary has been playing politics about this issue from the very beginning, and she is launching an organized political defense,” Priebus said on “Fox News Sunday.” “Their people are trying to preempt or stop any more criticism that she’s been receiving on Benghazi.”

“She played a part in the White House’s cover up of what this is all about in Benghazi. It was a terrorist attack. Our heroes and diplomats have died and were murdered, and she continues to play politics,” he continued. “Hillary Clinton is politics 24-7, and this is no different.”

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  1. Like Josh Marshall said here the other day, though I have a variation on that…

    Wash, Reince, Re-Priebus.

  2. Avatar for dv01 dv01 says:

    Ummm, yes, politics. Thankfully, the Republicans have never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever used Benghazi for political purposes.

  3. Does anybody know what the GOP did that leached all the self-awareness out of so many millions of people? Is it some subliminal signal they broadcast out during the Sunday shows that causes it?

  4. Priebus added, “And I should know because I play politics 24-7 and am totally using this issue to score political points. I mean, duh.”

  5. Really? This, from The Grand Wizard of GOP Pay for Play Dungeons and Dragons, who ONLY plays politics…and he expects us to not laugh?

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